This historical and Chinese novel Journey to the West, which is also known as , is the most popular book in East Asia. Originally written by Wu Ch’eng-en in the sixteenth century, which consisted of one hundred chapters but was traditionally cut-down to various lengths to suit different audiences. Then was translated into the words of David Kherdian who wrote the book that was chosen for our class. David Kherdian only based on two complete translations, which takes a more traditional approach, including many more of the original episodes ....