Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Reading Notes: Arabian Nights, Part B

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp 1:
-Aladdin did not want to be a tailor like his father
-he fell in with the wrong crowd and did not find any job at all
-maybe make it where both his parents are dead so that when this magician comes who claims that he is Aladdin's uncle, he jumps at the chance to have a family again
-once the magician tricked Aladdin and left him in the cave to die, he realized that it was not his uncle and that he had been taken advantage of
-when the genie comes out of the ring, Aladdin is so relieved that he can escape the cave he can think of nothing else

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp 2:
-Aladdin used the genie to provide him with riches and food like he had never known as the son of a poor tailor
-the sultan's daughter, the princess, was out walking one day with her guards and as soon as Aladdin saw her he fell desperately in love with her
-he wanted the chance to win her heart without the genie's help but the grand vizir went behind his back and married his son to the princess when he caught word of Aladdin's intentions
-Aladdin took out his revenge on the grand vizir's son by kicking him out on his wedding night and spending it with the princess

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp 3:
-the grand vizir's son was afraid of the magic Aladdin seemed to possess so he left the princess
-Aladdin gave the princess some time and then he started to woo the princess again and approached the sultan to ask for her hand in marriage
-the sultan made all kinds of ridiculous demands and Aladdin was able to deliver on every single one of them thanks to the help of his genies
-the princess, the sultan, and the people loved him because of his wealth and his charm - however they did not know it was all deception
-the grand vizir was still bitter because of what Aladdin did to his son, and he was determined to ruin Aladdin





Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp 4:
-Aladdin's wealth and fame spread throughout the world and the magician who abandoned him in the cave knew that the source had to be the lamp
-he travelled all across the world to find Aladdin and steal back the lamp
-the magician waited until Aladdin was out of the palace and went to steal the lamp, with the stealing of the lamp the palace disappeared as did the princess

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp 5:
-Aladdin goes to Africa to rescue his wife and find his palace
-together Aladdin and the princess devise a plan - the princess will pretend to seduce the magician and poison his drink

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp 6:
-the magician is dead and the palace restored back to China with the princess in it
-the evil magician's brother came to avenge his brother's death
-he found his friend Fatima, a well known holy woman, who agreed to let him imitate her but she did not know that to ensure her silence he was going to kill her
-the false Fatima was desired by the princess, to be her personal companion
-the faithful genie knew by the request for the roc's egg that the request had come from the evil brother and that Aladdin and the princess were in danger
-Aladdin invited the evil brother to dinner and as he welcomed him in Aladdin plunged a dagger into his heart


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1 comment:

  1. I really like that I can read your notes and know about the whole story! I feel that this is the point of taking reading notes. I also enjoy how the notes are in bullet format. This makes it easier to read and allows me to quickly skim over the notes to get a general idea of what you read. This also helps me better understand your train of thought when reading through your story.

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