Is she a tough, resourceful person who has not only survived but also built a good life for herself with independence and even a certain amount of power despite difficult odds?

Love and Empowerment in Memoirs of a Geisha

In Memoirs of a Geisha, is Sayuri the victim of a cruel and repressive system that is dis empowering where a woman can only survive by submitting to men, Or is she a tough, resourceful person who has not only survived but also built a good life for herself with independence and even a certain amount of power despite difficult odds?