~~My book to my MOVIE!!~~

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I think its important to keep:

• the scene when Chiyo is taken from her parents. I think that is the most critical scene. It is the beginning to the entire book and the reason that Chiyo has to become a Geisha in the first place.
• In the movie they took a lot of the first couple of chapters in the book out of the movie. You don't really get a chance to feel bad for her taken away. You also don't really get to know her parents. They aren't vital but they make you think.
• the scene where Chiyo first meets the Chairman. He is the entire reason that she wants to become a Geisha, even though by that point its a little too late to decide that she wants to become one. He is what drives her to be successful and the reason she makes certain decisions.
• I think its inportant to keep the moment when she actually becomes a Geisha. Its the goal that she has been working towards.

The three parts that I wouldn't mind cutting:

• When she ruins Mameha robe and has to take it to her. Its not that big of a part in the book but it does show how mean Hatsumomo is and the lengths that she would go to so that Chiyo gets in trouble. However, there are a lot of other ways that this could be illustrated.
• When Grandma dies. She isn't too important. Her death doesn't really cause the plot to change or anything vital to really change.
• When she catches her sister and one of the boys of the village doing inappropriate things. It also doesn't make too much of a difference. Your opinion of her sister wouldn't really have changed if it was there or not.