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The narrator has various lovers and past relationships. I do not feel as though she is regretful in telling her past; I think she is very self aware and is trying to share her stories to the two men to … Continue reading →

By comparing the narrator’s description of her several relationships with different men, I find that her way to deal with the relationship with the head monk of a temple is quite different from others. As for other men, her relationships … Continue reading →

The narrator has been through many hardships with love. The love deprivation that the narrator experiences has forced her to fall in love with lust. For instance, when being the mistress of a Domain Lord, the narrator felt “fortunate” (597). … Continue reading →

Journey to the West (pdf): The Heroic Journey Thanks to all of you for your interesting and perceptive comments!  I’ve organized the more salient comments by character, as you see below. Monkey: Roshelle; Radia; William; Mark; Emily; Borys; Kamran; Vyonna; … Continue reading →

A Heroic Journey is no easy task. It involves a great deal of energy, time, adaptation and skill. In the most recent excursions in Journey to the West, both Monkey and Tripitaka are faced with a myriad of trials along … Continue reading →

In my opinion both Monkey and Tripiptaka fit into the Heroic Journey model as they both go through many hardships and have different experiences throughout their own journeys. Tripitaka fits into the Heroic Journey model because he goes through a … Continue reading →

Threshold: Point of letting go, At the beginning of the story, Monkey was willing to accompany Tripitaka and he did so in a cheerful manner because he was happy that he is finally freed from five hundred years of solitude. … Continue reading →

Monkeys ordinary world was shaken once Tripitaka started to disapprove of monkeys actions. For example, when monkey killed the robbers, he stated “Master, we can start now; I have killed them all’. ‘I am very sorry to hear it,’ said … Continue reading →

It is not monkey’s awareness of the problem of life or his braveness which helps him to destroy the difficulties that confront him, and all those triumphs he has won that makes him a heroic model. But his refusal to … Continue reading →

The characters Monkey and Tripitaka both fit into the ‘helpers’ category of the heroic journey model. Both characters are receiving help from each other in different ways. In the beginning of chapter 2, monkey is trapped in a stoned box … Continue reading →