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Journey's End

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1928

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Journey’s End

R.c. sherriff.

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Black Myth: Wukong Review: The Soulslike Action Hype Train Is A Little Off-Rails

Black myth: wukong devs share how to fix technical issues, is black myth: wukong a soulslike.

• Black Myth: Wukong follows the journey of the Destined One to succeed Sun Wukong.
• The final boss is the shell of the former Sun Wukong.
• There appear to be two endings to Black Myth: Wukong, but players may discover more through further experimentation.

Black Myth: Wukong 's story can be confusing right up to the very end. It's a reimagined version of the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West , which follows a ragtag group of misfits who escort the monk Tan Sanzang to the Buddhist heartlands in order to retrieve a series of sacred texts. Black Myth: Wukong picks up long after simian protagonist Sun Wukong has completed his journey and become a Buddha. He rejects his newfound status and returns to the mountain of his birth. Sun Wukong duels the god Erlang, who would force his return to the Celestial Court, and is once again sealed in a stone as punishment.

[Warning: This article contains spoilers for Black Myth: Wukong.]

In Black Myth: Wukong , players control one of his monkey subjects, known as the Destined One and charged with recovering Wukong's lost Relics, which are spread throughout the world. After finding five of the six, and also tracking down Wukong's arms and armor, the Destined One returns to their home of Mount Huaguo to discover the sixth and final Relic and meet their destiny. There are two endings to Black Sun: Wukong , both of which depend entirely on whether the player completes an optional boss fight, and each of which has great implications for the game's mytho-historical setting.

Despite the exceptional qualities of Black Myth: Wukong, the souls-like RPG has some necessary improvements to make, for a truly immersive experience.

Sun Wukong Is The Final Boss Of Black Myth: Wukong

The stone monkey/sage wukong vs. the destined one.

As the Destined One returns to Mount Huaguo, the Old Monkey explains two important points of his journey: one, that five of the Relics each represented one of Sun Wukong's senses, and the sixth, his mind; and two, that the Destined One is to become a vessel for Wukong's reincarnation . On the horizon, they see the wizened, hardened body of a monkey bent in meditation.

The Old Monkey explains that this is the shell of Sun Wukong, and that the Destined One will need to defeat his body and inherit his soul in order to become his successor, after which the journey will begin anew. The implication here seems to be that, in the world of Black Myth: Wukong , there is no one Monkey King, and Sun Wukong is repeatedly killed and reincarnated by his successors . The entirety of Journey to the West and Black Sun: Wukong seem to repeat themselves in a kind of time loop. The Destined One will become the new Sun Wukong, rule over the monkeys of Mount Huaguo, and eventually die so another Destined One can take over.

Zhu Baijie objects to his cycle, and tries to get the Destined One to quit his destiny. But the Old Monkey seals the battlefield with a wall of magic, and the Destined One is forced to face his fate. Although not the hardest boss in Black Myth: Wukong , the Stone Monkey, as his HP bar introduces him, is quite challenging. Still, the Destined One eventually breaks his shell, and the Stone Monkey transforms into Sage Wukong - basically a clone of the Destined One himself - in a burst of light.

Black Myth: Wukong developer Game Science offers some helpful advice to PC players struggling to deal with the title's technical problems.

Sage Wukong uses his staff to reabsorb his own senses (the Relics) from the Destined One, but still fails in the battle against him. He falls to his knees and dissolves into a flurry of leaves, signifying that the old Sun Wukong has well and truly died . The Destined One reclaims his Relics, taking up the mantle of the new Monkey King .

Black Myth: Wukong's Bad (?) Ending

The destined one inherits sun wukong's crown.

In Black Myth: Wukong 's normal ending, the Destined One becomes Wukong as he was always intended to do . The Old Monkey monologues about the unreliability of the legends surrounding Sun Wukong: was he truly granted Buddhahood? Did the journey even happen? Either way, a new legend is about to begin, as the Old Monkey plucks Sun Wukong's golden headband from the water and places it atop the Destined One's head. A brief scene shows Sun Wukong sitting in a pool of amber, presumably within the stone egg from which he was born. The credits then abruptly begin to roll, signifying that there may be more of the Monkey King's soul that the Destined One has yet to absorb.

But whether this is actually a " good " ending is certainly up for debate . In Journey to the West , Sun Wukong represents unrestrained desire, and his headband represents the temperance preached by Buddhism. To imperfectly equate them to Western concepts of psychology, Sun Wukong is the id, and the headband is the superego. It's thrust upon the Monkey King after a murderous rampage. For the Destined One, it symbolizes achievement, power, Buddhahood - but also a loss of free will. The previous Sun Wukong rejected this fate for a reason, and the reality may not be all too pleasant for the new one, either.

Players are left to ponder these questions, however, as the game comes to an end right then and there. They can continue playing Black Myth: Wukong after beating it to clear up any side content, and maybe find some more answers .

Black Myth: Wukong borrows a lot of elements from the souls series, but is it as difficult and can it be truly classed as a souslike game?

Black Myth: Wukong's True Ending

Defeating erlang & the four heavenly kings.

Although the credits roll after beating Wukong, there's a true final boss and secret ending cutscene that players can only unlock by continuing with their original save files - in other words, without starting a New Game Plus. In order to achieve it, they must track down Erlang, the Sacred Divinity for a second time, and defeat him in a much more difficult encounter. Afterward, they'll be transported to a secret, snowy area, where the Destined One will transform into a giant stone monkey and face off against the Four Heavenly Kings at once.

Erlang will then transform into a giant, leonine beast, and the Destined One will need to defeat him in a one-on-one duel. Finishing this secret boss fight unlocks a new ending cinematic that opens with the Destined One kneeling before the Old Monkey, immediately after having defeated Sun Wukong. His eyes open widely as an animated scene begins, recapping highlights from Journey to the West in reverse order. This signifies the Destined One gaining Sun Wukong's memories , becoming the Monkey King in more than just name.

Although rumors abound of additional, secret, even truer endings to the Destined One's journey, these are the only two to have been discovered thus far. One is certainly a more satisfactory conclusion, and requires a bit more effort, so for the time being it seems accurate to declare the latter the " true " ending. Still, additional player experimentation may reveal further secrets in Black Myth: Wukong , including additional endings.

The studio behind Black Myth: Wukong, GameScience, has previously been accused of fostering a toxic environment for its workers. The 2023 allegations include sexualized comments against women, misogyny, fatphobia, and more. More details can be found here .

Black Myth: Wukong

Black Myth: Wukong is an action RPG game from the developers at GameScience. Based on the original Chinese novel  Journey to the West,  players take on the role of Sun Wukong, a legendary monkey warrior who fights against mythical beasts and beings to save his world.

Journey's End

By r.c. sherriff, journey's end literary elements.

Tragic play

Setting and Context

The action in the play takes place in WWI British trenches over four days leading up to the battle of Saint-Quentin.

Narrator and Point of View

Tone and mood.

The tone is humorous and bleak; the mood is ominous.

Protagonist and Antagonist

Captain Stanhope is the protagonist; his main antagonists are Raleigh, Hibbert, and the colonel.

Major Conflict

The major conflict in the play is how to maintain sanity under the miserable and despair-inducing conditions of war.

The play reaches its climax when the German attack finally comes and Raleigh becomes paralyzed by a bombshell.

Foreshadowing

In the first act of the play, one of the soldiers warns Raleigh to prepare himself for a version of Stanhope he has never seen before. This foreshadows Stanhope's mercurial mood, a symptom of his PTSD.

Understatement

In the middle of the play, Osborne reads Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, a famous children's book by Lewis Carroll.

Parallelism

Personification, use of dramatic devices.

Throughout the play, Sheriff uses the device of dramatic irony (i.e. letting the audience know more than the characters) by showing Stanhope and Osborne discussing Raleigh while he is off-stage.

Journey’s End Questions and Answers

The Question and Answer section for Journey’s End is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.

How does Sherriff create tension in the duologue between Osborne and Stanhope at the end of Act 1?

Stanhope meets the revelation that Raleigh has joined his company with unease. The presence of Raleigh introduces a new conflict to the play that involves the themes of heroism, alcoholism, and PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). Stanhope knows...

What are Trotter's quotes showing his emotions?

From the text:

Trotter (throwing his spoon with a clatter into the plate) : Oh, I say, but dam!

Trotter : Well, boys ! ’Ere we are for six days again. Six bloomin’ eternal days. {He makes a calculation on the table.)

Trotter comes down the steps,...

How Sherriff presents the true horrors of was through the character of Raleigh?

The difference between the fantasy of war and its true, horrific and demoralizing nature is one of the play's major themes. The theme is most overtly revealed through Raleigh's character arc. When Raleigh first arrives, his boyish excitement at...

Study Guide for Journey’s End

Journey's End study guide contains a biography of R. C. Sherriff, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

• About Journey's End
• Journey's End Summary
• Character List

Essays for Journey’s End

Journey's End essays are academic essays for citation. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of the play Journey's End by R. C. Sherriff.

• The Depiction of War in Journey’s End and Exposure
• How does Sherriff present Heroism in Journey's End?
• How Stanhope Generates Conflict in the Opening Act
• Comparison of the mental suffering created by war
• Human Decency in a World of Human Waste

Wikipedia Entries for Journey’s End

• Introduction