The Arabian Nights
section was a great read. I thought all the stories were very interesting and they
were able to hold my attention. For some reason though, I felt like each story
was much longer than the ones I have read in the past. It took me forever to
read, fully understand, and summarize each one.
The section starts
with a wife, Scheherazade, telling the Sultan a story to escape her inevitable death in the
morning. When it would usually be the time of morning that he would kill his
wife, she would leave the story on a cliffhanger so that way he would need to
keep her alive until the next day so she could finish the story. I found this
concept to be very interesting since you knew whom the narrator was, and in
many ways it was a story within a story. To make that even more complicated for
those of you who didn’t read it, the characters are telling stories as well. So
basically, it is a story, within a story, within a story.
After these stories
are told, I moved onto more familiar ones. Next I learned about Aladdin. I must
admit that I was expecting the Disney tale of the Jasmine and Aladdin. But
instead, there was an evil magician, a genie, Aladdin, his mother, and a
princess. It was interesting to see their interactions together because it made
me realize that this sure was not a Disney story. Overall though, it was a
great story. The use of detail was amazing, and the character came to life off
of the page. I would definitely suggest this
unit for people who haven’t read it yet. It may have been long, but it will
captivate you. I promise you won’t regret it if you choose it.
Picture of Aladdin and the lamp
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