Growing up, I have read The Journey to the West many times. The first time I saw it, it was purely for its twists and turns and interesting plot. After reading it, I have some opinions on the characters and behaviors in the book. My favorite in The Journey to the West is the Monkey King, who is kind, naughty, smart, powerful, outspoken to immortals, persistent in beating monsters (especially Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon), and friendly to brothers, teachers and monkeys. Among the four Tang Priests, the Monkey King is often the first to find monsters, but his master Tang Priests is always easily deceived by monsters dressed as good people, punishing Wukong for killing monsters, and even driving him away regardless of his explanation. Although Wukong was unwilling, he listened to Master and did not stubbornly follow him. But when Bajie asked him for help again, as soon as he heard that the master was in trouble, he let bygones be bygones and ran to save the master without hesitation, without a complaint. Although he is impulsive, hot-tempered, and sometimes impulsive to kill people, in my opinion, those people all deserve it. They are bandits and tyrants who have killed countless people, but Tang Priest, who believes in Buddhism, doesn't believe him. Anyway, he won't let Wukong kill people, but he doesn't care if those wicked people harm others. I always feel that Wukong is wronged. Tang priest is one of the four of them, which makes it difficult for me to understand. He is always taken away by monsters. Among the four masters and apprentices, he always brings trouble, but he has no skill. He only knows that there is no Amitabha in the south, and sometimes there is trouble. If there is no Wukong, I think he must have gone to another Buddhist paradise. He is a kind and helpful teacher who can't tell whether a person is a demon or not. When he sees monsters hurting people, he always lets Wukong and others catch them. However, when Wukong killed those who had harmed ordinary people, he was shocked. Not only can he say spells, but sometimes he will drive him away. Doesn't he think that if Wukong doesn't kill people, they will harm people again, so isn't it a life for one more life? However, Tang Priest also has extraordinary perseverance. In order to get to the Western Heaven for the benefit of the people, he not only didn't want to get to the Western Heaven quickly without letting Wukong fly to get it himself, but even asked himself to be down-to-earth every step and never asked Wukong to help him fly. Tang Priest met many good people along the way. ...

Seeing this topic, perhaps many people will find it funny: is it too humorous to see Journey to the West until today? It's embarrassing to say. Although I have been in contact with the children's book version of Journey to the West since I was very young, I have watched TV dramas and cartoons for more than ten times, and I can say that I know every character's personality and twists and turns like the back of my hand, but it's only recently that I really read the whole book. I used to think it was good to watch TV plays. It is both easy to understand and full of visual and auditory enjoyment. Why do you pick up a thick book to drill unfamiliar words? Now it seems that I was all wet at that time. The same story, the same characters, books are more exciting and exciting than TV series, which makes people seem to have entered a bizarre and colorful fairy world and completely forgotten the outside world. The book mainly tells the story of Tang Priest, the Monkey King, Zhu Bajie and Friar Sand who finally got the scriptures after eighty-one difficulties.

The characters of the four protagonists in the book have their own characteristics, which are in sharp contrast: Tang Priest is sincere to Buddhism, kind-hearted and stubborn, but at the same time he looks a bit timid and pedantic because of his softhearted heart; The Monkey King is just, bold, brave, smart, loyal to his master, heart and soul, and has boundless magic power, which makes all demons and ghosts fear; Although Zhu Bajie is greedy for money and lust, lazy and greedy, he never lacks kindness; Friar Sand is honest and rigorous, content with his destiny. Among them, my favorite is the Monkey King, who was a naive, naughty and unrestrained "wild monkey" before being crushed under the Five Elements Mountain. He took away the treasure of Zhenhai from the old dragon king-Dinghai Shenzhen; Heaven tore up the book of life and death; He made a scene in the Heavenly Palace, stole the Xiantao elixir, ignored the Jade Emperor, and called himself "the Great Sage of Qitian". He is the most stubborn and rebellious in this period, but he can make me have a strong voice of * * *, which makes me deeply like this role, perhaps because he inspired my inner potential yearning-freedom. He broke through the stone, without father or mother, without worldly fetters, he was free; Seeing the death of the old monkey, he decided to go far away to seek immortality. He pursues freedom and gets rid of the bondage of death. He made a scene in heaven because the Jade Emperor restricted his movement and freedom. It is precisely because all his efforts and struggles are for complete freedom that he is so cute. When many heavenly soldiers and generals were helpless to him and the Jade Emperor was forced to turn to the Buddha in the West for help, it gave people a sense of resentment and gave people the strength and courage to pursue freedom. However, I clearly understand that complete freedom is impossible in the past, present and future. People are always bound by one way or another, and there is a lot of helplessness. The Monkey King was finally punished and kept under the Wuzhishan Mountain for 500 years, but it doesn't mean that he was wrong, but his strength was not strong enough under the historical conditions at that time. After all, he is alone. Perhaps it was because of the disparity in strength between the two sides that he lost. Although we are surrounded by a constrained world, at least we can make our heart as wide and deep as possible, so that it can contain heaven and earth and soar in the universe. The Journey to the West, which has been tempered by time, deeply contains the long-awaited spirit of freedom, which is an important reason why it and the Monkey King are so popular.