![]() ![]() Jin Wang is the first-generation immigrant, who has recently moved with his family from Chinatown into a largely white neighbourhood. The fit of rage that Monkey King experiences in response to rudeness is representative of the intense resentment a victim of prejudice is forced to deal with. Although often extremely accomplished, they are gatekept from places their white counterparts of the same level of factual success are allowed into. Symbolically, this episode represents the prejudice and mockery Asian people are met with in America. Yet when he attempts to join a fancy feast in Heaven, he is humiliated by the guard for being barefoot and being a monkey (Yang, 35). ![]() He is a monkey that has lived for several millennia, and is now skilled with multiple martial arts, that, supposedly, should earn him universal respect. The Monkey King is the protagonist of the first tale, which serves as a re-imagining of the Chinese folk legend The Journey to The West. ![]()
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