Reading Notes: The Monkey King Sun Wu Kong: Part A

(Sun Wukong by Nod Young)

The Devil-King by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens:

Characters: Sun Wu Kong, Devil King

Monkey King Sun Wu Kong: Loves to have fun and has an overall goal of making himself and his monkey subjects all immortal.

Devil King: stole a bunch of Sun Wu Kong's kids. Wanted to fight him, but he wasn't home and the monkeys tried to fight him off but failed.

Plot: The Monkey King Sun Wu Kong returns to his monkey subjects after learning the secret to eternal life from his master. When he gets back, the monkeys tell him of a great and terrible Devil King that attacked them looking for him. The Devil King had taken many of Sun Wu Kong's children. Understandably, the Monkey King was not too happy about this. He set off to save his lost children ad give the devil-king a lesson. He goes to the cave and battles the demon king. Sun Wu Kong has the precursor to shadow clone jutsu and easily wins. He burns down the lair and returns to his kingdom.

Setting: The waterfall kingdom and the Devil King's lair.

What I Can Change: I really like the authors writing. It's very easy to follow and understand what's going on. I feel like Sun Wu Kong is a lot like Sindbad but a bit more powerful. They are both good natured and pretty lucky. It could be interesting to have the story written in first person. I don't think the whole part A would work in first person though. I could also have Sun Wu Kong use more of his powers or show him trying different strategies to get his kids back, but I don't know if his personality would allow him to do anything but charge in headfirst. Maybe he tries to trick it first, or set up traps?

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