Reading Notes Part B: Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights by Andrew Lang: Link to Story Here


I can tell how the cartoon derived from this story. It has small similarities. In this story, there are two genies, one from the lamp and one from the ring. The ring was given to him when he went into the cave to retrieve the lamp for his "Uncle." Aladdin's father, Mustafa, died and Aladdin did not know he had any living family members left, so when a man came to him and told him that he was his long lost uncle, Aladdin believed him. Aladdin was easily fooled by others. His "Uncle" was a magician, but when Aladdin came back with the lamp, his uncle left, which showed Aladdin that he was not his true uncle. This reminds me of a shallow female who dates a man just to get monetary items from him or free food, which could possibly be something that I could include in my story. Aladdin asked the genie to build his new wife, Sultan's daughter, a castle built to fit such a beautiful woman. This reminded me of The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks. Noah built his love a house with a wrap around porch that he knew she wanted. In this case, Noah did a tremendous amount of work compared to Aladdin who just asked his genie to do everything for him. My main idea for this second half is to make it modern. I cannot think of another way of rewriting this story. 



Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

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