Tripmaster Monkey Wittman uses theatre throughout the book “Tripmaster Monkey” to get back to his cultural roots and Asian culture. He is trying to find himself through theatre and to open up a new avenue for his people. There are numerous examples of this throughout the book as he is writing his play and incorporating the old (legends and myths) with the new (contemporary times). The first significant reference to legend occurs when Wittman is …showed first 75 words of 862 total…

…showed last 75 words of 862 total…will make them be together night after night. For Wittman, the play is life; the life is the play, long continuous, with no repetitions. “He was defining a community, which will meet every night for a season. Community is not built once-and-for-all; people have to imagine, practice, and re-create it” (306). This is how Wittman used theater. To bring together his community and to help them get pasted what he thought of as the Asian stereotype.