Personal Growth Part Two

I have a different thought now when it comes to the Japanese culture. 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 is 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. I realized that they are more like us. Just because they are a different culture does not mean they are different. I also changed my mind when in Wilshire bus, Esther goes to visit her husband. An American go on the bus that day and was being loud and obnoxious. He told an elderly Chinese couple that if they did not like what he was saying they could go back to china. This left Esther speechless and she did not know what to say. She was thinking does he think I am Chinese because I am Japanese. She got off the bus and felt bad for not speaking up for elderly couple. This made me realize that you can judge someone just because of what culture they are from. Esther had good intentions. She wanted to say something. I made me see they are just like me. You can judge a book by its cover or in this case its culture.