Asian Humanities China

Asian Humanities China

Contrast the storytelling techniques in Monkey and the Story of the Stone.

The technique for the storytelling in Monkey is allegorical way of writing. On the other hand, the storytelling of The story of the Stone is allegorical as well as metaphorical. Both are written as the point of view of a third person and not in a narrative form.

The Monkey is a very well written story. A person who reads the story will found him or herself a desire to continue reading it. In the end of each chapter, they will not find themselves but wanting to immediately know what happened in the next chapter. Every chapter is beautifully linked to each other. We may also enjoy the way the novel provides us with a glimpse of the certain elements of different cultures, mainly elements and devices of the storytelling which are used in the tales of another culture (Lesley, 2011).

Both of the novels have lots of chapters and they are fully covered with twist and turn and thrill all over the book. The reason of providing with so many chapters is no doubt the fact that the story does not seem to have much on only one topic; but, it has suspense and curiosity which it has shown in every chapter. Each of the chapter has something unique about the story to expose.

How does Monkey incorporate various teachings such as Daoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism into one entity? What role does religious and philosophical thought play in the novel? How does it inform the behavior of the characters and their fates? Be specific and give examples.

The novel, Monkey has incorporated a number of teachings of the different philosophical thoughts such as Daoism and Confucianism as well as the religious practices of Buddhism in a way that there was a Buddhist whose name was Tripitaka. A person, named Bodhisattva Kuan-Yin, asked Tripitaka to make a pilgrimage to India and find some holy scriptures and take them to China. During his journey to India. He found out three disciples which were Monkey, Sandy and Pigsy. The story then discusses the adventures they had together in the journey to India.

It was a religious journey since they were going to get some information about the Buddhist scriptures as well as to bring some scriptures with them to their own country (Elaine, 2000).

How does Monkey compare ...