His reply gives the reader an insight into the monk's virtue: he serves out of great love and joy for the love and joy that he has received from Tze-Yo-Tzuh. In this passage, the monk Wong Lai-Tso gives a humble yet profound response when the vagrants he serves ask why he treats them so kindly. How can I not respond in kind?” Wong Lai-Tsao, p.137 “I am no more worth of love than you, yet Tze-yo-tzuh loves me deeply and faithfully, providing for my daily needs. In this passage, he wrestles with the revelation that while his dedication to training has made him powerful and given him supernatural abilities, he has been unable to shed his lowly status as a monkey. More than a superficial boast, this passage reveals the Monkey King's deepest insecurity: that no matter what he does, he will always be seen as a monkey. When a guard denies the Monkey King access to the party in the heavens, the Monkey King responds with this declaration. His most recent books are Dragon Hoops from First Second Books and Superman Smashes the Klan from DC Comics.“I, too, am a deity! I am a committed disciple of the arts of kung-fu and I have mastered the four major heavenly disciplines, prerequisites to immortality!” The Monkey King, p. In 2016, he was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow. His other works include Secret Coders (with Mike Holmes), The Shadow Hero (with Sonny Liew), Superman from DC Comics (with various artists), and the Avatar: The Last Airbender series from Dark Horse Comics (with Gurihiru). Times Book Prize and was a National Book Award Finalist. His two-volume graphic novel Boxers & Saints won the L.A. American Born Chinese, his first graphic novel from First Second Books, was a National Book Award finalist, as well as the winner of the Printz Award and an Eisner Award. As the Library of Congress’ fifth National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, he advocates for the importance of reading, especially reading diversely. In 201 Gene Luen Yang writes, and sometimes draws, comic books and graphic novels.
Gene Luen Yang writes, and sometimes draws, comic books and graphic novels.
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