西游记英文读后感（共9篇）.doc

西游记英文读后感（共9篇）My impreion on reading Journey to the WestJouney to the West is a historic Chinese novel that is considered one of the 4 claics from the Ming Dynasty .These novels along with Outlaws of the Marsh, A Dream in Red Mansion as well as Three Kindoms have won popular acclaim from generation to generation .Jouney to the West is actually a bination of myth , parable and edy .It is filled with imagination and have enjoyed a great and immensepopularity among the people in China for over 400 years on account of its fresh and convoluted plots , distinctive and life-like characters, profound and incisive ideological content and life-hearted style .It is based on a story about a Buddhist monk and a bunch of animals with human characteristic(which are his 3 disciples ,the irrevent and capable Monkey, greedy Pig, and Friar Sand) .The animals in the story are actually of a very fairy tale type of mood and they traveled west to India to find Buddhist scriptures.The animals themselves are celestial being in mortal forms and they have magical powers that protect them from the goblins and the evil spirits.Monkey was created out of a rock.He not only has the sharp wit and an unruly nature of a monkey but also e_tra ordinary powers that he uses to overe demons and monsters.Monkey is also gifted with intelligence and agility both mentally and physically.So he puts his talents to use by mastering his skills of wizardry to the point of where he can transform himself 72 times in a blink of an eye.He has a magic wand that can shrink smaller than a pen or e_pand till it is like a club of bronze and a magic cloud that can take him up to the heavens or down to the bales of the earth.Full of life and filled with spirit as well as being sincere and optimistic in nature, he is not bothered by suffering and is always ready to face up to new challenges.Pig sets off his pig like clumsine with the disposition that is the epitome of honesty and directne.He is always making a me out of things and generating a lot of humor in the proce.Pig fills a role that symbolizes the desire to fort and pleasure.He too has magical powers but it is just not the same as monkey , whomakes him seem naive and clumsy by parison .Monkey just love to tease him , so pig does all his best to be a thorn in monkey’s side by telling lies about him to Tang Priest.Another character that ears quite le frequently is Friar Sand .He is quite resolute and his down-to-earth nature is readily arent.In Jouney to the West, a total of 87 chapters are dedicated to the story of the Tang Priest ,_uang Zang’s quest for the Buddhist scriptures.In the course of their journey , they brave a series of dangers and vanquish devils and monsters.The road to the Western Paradise is fraught with danger , whether in mountains and forests or in villages and towns .Before the monk can find the scriptures he must surmount 81 obstacles .Demons of all descriptions like the ferocious Red Boy, the scorpion sipirtof Pipa Cave and spiderwomen ,etc.try to bar their way ,even to the e_tent of killing and eating _uangZang .Some of these ghostly opponents ear openly hostile ,while others are cunningly disguised .Some wield power over kingdoms or feign to officials carrying out their lawful duties .Monkey plays a central role in every battle with the monsters ,not only contending with them face to face , but also helping hispanions overe the obstacles and restraints that originate within themselves.After overing all kinds of evil and devious enemies , with Monkey as the backbone of the pany ,the travelers finally reach the Western Paradise and acplish their sacred miion of taking back the scriptures .Inthis so-called “ stories of the 81 obstacles” which symbolize the difficulties and challenges that people meet in the course of pursuing their ideals , the staunch spirit and character of the 4 panions to battle all enemies and overe all hurdles in order to attain their goal is manifested very clearly and as much it is a vivid portrayal of the spirit and character of the Chinese nation.With supernatural beings as its protagonists ,Journey to the West creates a world full of fantasy and illusion.But this fantasy world reflects various kinds of contradictions in the society of Wu Chen’en’s time .The characters of the demons are generalizations and sublimations of the characters of ordinary mortals .Fantasy and reality reach a high level of synthesis in Jouney to the West.Humor is a major characteristic of the style of Jouney to the West.Money is the supreme ic figure in this claical Chinese novel.His humor springs from his optimistic self-confidence and his sharp ability to perceive people’s true natures ,as well as his tolerance of others’ weaknees and his hatred of evil .The humor in this novel is also manisfested in certain plots & subplots of the nature of edies.Pig’s clumsy actions and speech are invariably hilarious ,but the laughter he elicits is tolerant but sad at the s。