For week 6, I chose to read the unit on The Monkey King SunWu Kung. It is definitely an interesting
read, full of adventure and unique story lines.
I particularly like the section on The Great Sea. The like how the ape disguises himself as a
human. It would be fun to use this type
of story in my storybook to explain how Charlotte gets away with following her
brothers. Clearly some sort of disguise
had to be involved. She could be disguised
as a man!
I thought it was interesting that, though Sun Wu Kung was
supposedly a saint, he was so greedy and arrogant. The way that his character is written would
be intriguing to use for the Grimm Brothers.
Clearly they were so full of themselves that they didn’t notice their
sister was following and helping them.
I think that this is very similar to how the Monkey King is
acting. He doesn’t think that the rules
apply to him, so he essentially overrules them. He takes what is not his and demands things on
top of those that he has already stolen.
He demands for his will to be done and gets it out of fear. He is so arrogant that he is sure to fall at
some point.
Ape Rock Formation. Source: Flickr
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