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Compare and contrast the characters of Sayuri and Lucy and the ways in which they deal with the situations in which they are placed.
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Manal Siddiqui 13BY Compare and contrast the characters of Sayuri and Lucy and the ways in which they deal with the situations in which they are placed. Despite the obvious cultural differences between Sayuri and Lucy Honeychurch, there are more similarities in their circumstances than one might initially think. Both stories begin with them finding themselves out of their depth in a place that is unfamiliar to them, not only physically but also culturally. Lucy is in Florence, a young girl who has not yet been moulded into the ideal young lady, and susceptible to the exotic values that Italy has to offer. Similarly Sayuri is in Kyoto, almost a different world from her home in a fishing village, and she is also a young impressionable child. However where as Sayuri's immaturity is physical- she is only nine years old- Lucy's immaturity is mental. Having lived in a small community all her...
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