Personal Growth

We have studied some different cultures this far. Most of them I did not know much about but the one that caught my attention was the Japanese culture. The Japanese follow a lot of traditions unlike the Americans. I thought that the Japanese were shorter and smaller than the average American. This idea was put in my head when I had a friend travel to Japan and he was looking over everyone. The Japanese also eat better than most other culture. Their portions are smaller. I thought the Japanese culture was very proper and followed all the rules. After watching Memoirs of a Geisha, I learned that was not the case. There was a scene where a girl hooked up with her boyfriend which was frowned upon in their culture is how I took it. She was sneaking around to meet with him. I learned traditions are not always followed. She made her family think she was an angle and did nothing wrong. I also did not know the Japanese did prostitution like in Memoirs of a Geisha because of how the frown upon so many things. I did notice how they wore the white make up, hair pulled back and their lips smaller with red lipstick. I thought that was how Japanese always went around every day. Throughout the movie you would see the men wear suits or the women wearing average clothes and the women not wearing the long dress looking things. They don’t have the white make up and red lips on. They are more laid back. I guess over all I thought the Japanese culture had strict guide lines they have to follow. But after watching Memoirs of a Geisha I see that there culture is more like ours and everyone else’s culture. I have learned not to be so quick to judge or make a thought stick in my head.