西游记英文读后感

西游记英文读后感AfterreadingJourneytotheWestIwasimpressedbythevividandcolorfuldepictionofthefantasyworldandtheprofoundculturalandhistoricalbackgroundofancientChina.ThebooktellsthestoryoftheMonkTangwhotravelsfromChinatoIndiainsearchofBuddhistscripturesaccompaniedbythreedisciples:SunWukongtheMonkeyKingZhuBajiethePigBristleandSandytheRiverDemon.Alongthewaytheyencounternumerouschallengesandbattlesagainstvariousmonstersanddemonsbeforefinallyachievingtheirmission.WhatIappreciatedmostaboutthisbookishowitintegratesreligiousbeliefsfolkloreandhistoryintoonefascinatingnarrative.ThebookdrawsuponChinesemythologyandfolkloretopresenttheimmortalandsupernaturalcharacterssuchastheMonkeyKingandtheJadeEmperor.ThenovelalsoportraysthehistoricalcontextofancientChinathroughdescriptionsofsomanydifferentlocalcustomsandtraditionsaswellasthesocialvaluesandmoralprinciplesofConfucianismandBuddhism.Besidesthebookalsoshowsadeepunderstandingofhumannatureandpersonality.FromtheoverbearingpoweroftheMonkeyKingtothegluttonyofPigBristlethecharactersallembodycertainhumantraitsreflectingtheinnerstrugglesandquestsofindividuals.Thismakesthecharactersmorerelatableandmemorableforreadersofallages.OverallJourneytotheWestisanengagingandthought-provokingreadofferingreadersaglimpseintotheancientChinesemythicalandhistoricalworld.Iwasmovedbythecharacters7resilienceanddeterminationandthebookalsogavemeanewappreciationforChineseliteratureandculture.。