Reading Notes- Part B- Arabian Nights Unit
I will have to admit that I really slacked on taking notes
WHILE I was reading the story, because I was so into it!! It is probably safe
to say that the majority of us have seen the Disney movie Aladdin at one point
in our lives. So naturally I go into that story with that mindset. Spoiler
Alert: He doesn’t only get three wishes! I will say though, that I enjoyed the
plot of this one much more than the movie (so typical of bookworms vs. movie
go-ers). Aladdin just kept rubbing and rubbing the lamp and I was waiting for
the moment the genie came out and said “enough, you have used all of your
wishes!!” (That moment never came). What was the most interesting, however, was
that the original story is placed in China, which I did not realize until I saw
the illustrations included. At the same time, the main protagonist was an
African Trickster, which (just like it happened in Part A of the reading) was a
crazy coincidence considering that my storybook is centered on a trickster African
elephant. One thing that I really like about the style of these stories in
particular, is how they don’t usually have un-happy endings. They have the
perfect mixture of good and bad events occurring to the main characters, which
make the stories interesting enough to want to keep reading, but they usually
always end with the main character prospering. The hero winning is my favorite type
of stories. I am really glad that the crystal ball on the page brought me to
these readings, because they ended up being very good insights and helpful for
my own story.
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