Monkey: Journey to the West

definition TV set show the visual culture is everywhere. Visual culture uses different media to present the diversification of visual effects, stimulating people 's senses to generate a visual feast, such as poster, advertising, photography, sculpture, film, music and game. These forms of presentation use elements including the theory of colours, advertising, semiotics, philosophy and psychology. Using a poster(see appendix 1), from a 3D animation film named ‘The Monkey King：Hero Is Back’ (Douban, 2015), this paper will present a detailed description of the poster, explain the information it conveys, illustrate the surficial denotation and the connotation，analysis messages the visual culture transmitted in this poster, and explore the visual perception of this poster and it’s market reaction. With reference to the composition, the layout is fairy simple: in the foreground, the Monkey King Sun Wukong holds a great golden cudgel, floating in the mid-air; In the mid-shot, a blue-green dragon hovers in the air, staring at the monkey king; In the background, it shows a fairyland which is similar to the stone forest in the Avatar: red brick, cornices and corridors, carved railing, built along the cliff. Figuring on both sides of the stone forest can see many waterfalls and vegetation connoting that this is not a human world but a paradise, which accounts for the environment and the story background of this poster. The poster is centered by Sun Wukong, while the orientation of the…

In the story “Buddha Boy” by Kathe Koja, Justin, a male teenager in Edward Rucher High School, was partnered with Buddha Boy for a group project. He appeared to be a freak at first glance, but after Justin went to Buddha Boy’s house and worked on the project, he realized that Buddha Boy wasn’t as weird as people thought he was, and that he was an exceptional artist. However, McManus, the lead bully in the school, targeted Jinsen with the help of Magnur, and everyone else in the school followed…

Dumplings. Hmph Stay away from my dog.” (Yang 32) But then on the next page the picture shows Jin eating his lunch and he is eating a sandwich. Jin faces vulnerability and just completely tries to avoid it but not eating anymore dumplings and bringing a sandwich which he knows no one will make fun of and he will be able to fit in better. This shows how when people first realize their vulnerability they automatically try to cover it up and make sure that no one knows about it. The final…

to lose themselves throughout the journey. For example, an individual may adjust their identity to reach the ideal life that every person dreams to aspire. We are never happy with who we are and what we have, we always want more; however, people are dismissing the conception of acceptance. In the book, “American Born Chinese” written by Gene Luen Yang, the American religious experience is accepting yourself. Once a person does this, their true identity is released. We must learn to be true to…

only glide, but scientist say over time evolutionary traits have been passed down to the birds that can fly. The Caihong Juji Had lived in northeastern china, 160 million years ago in the late Jurassic period. Which there were also many dinosaurs that lived in this period. The Caihong Juji had lived in the rainforest. It would glided across tree with it’s feathers and look for food. It was a carnivore (meat eater) that had hunted for small mammals, and reptiles. It would also show off it’s…

Over the course of the graphic novel, Jin’s personality changes immensely. In the beginning, Jin is very timid and does not stand up for himself. This is a result of him being a new student of a different race. Though, at the end of the story, he becomes confident in himself as a result of him experiencing life as a popular white boy and seeing why being himself is a good thing. The internal conflict Jin experiences are based on the conflicting identities he has. This is best seen when Jin…

“Carnivalization in The Journey to the West: Cultural Dialogism in Fictional Festivity”, is an essay written by college professor, Zuyan Zhou explaining how Monkey and the other characters and stories of The Journey to the West share many parallels with Western carnival in “season, duration, form and influence”(69). While analyzing the works of Mikhail Bakhtin, Zhou comes to many conclusions regarding the idea that The Journey to the West, a well known Chinese novel, is a representation of…

Heroic Characteristics in Candide and The Journey to the West What does it take to be considered a hero? In ancient literature one can become a hero in many different ways. The culture and era in which a literary work is created has a strong effect on the heroic figure. As literature evolved throughout time and cultures, a hero and villain could have similar actions but be portrayed completely different. A literary hero is defined as, “A person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose,…

“The Wizard of Oz” play was about a girl named Dorothy, who goes on a journey with a scarecrow, a tin man, and lion to see the wizard of Oz. On this journey she encounters many people, some friendly and some not. Dorothy and her friends go to see the wizard each for their own purposes, but all had intentions of stopping the Wicked Witch of the West. There are many entertaining scenes in this play. Two of them are the flying monkey scene and when she first arrives in Oz. When Dorothy first…

In both “Tartuffe” and “Journey to the West”, they both take a surprising turn toward the end. Although both of these texts are written in two totally different dialects, they both are fairly similar to the other. Enlightenment is present in both of these stories. Dorine assumes an essential role and so does Cleante. They are the voice of reason throughout the play. The fact that both of these stories illustrate a hierarchy, and involves religion is a great example of enlightenment.…