Reading Notes: Arabian Night's Part B

For this week I've decided to read  The Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford (1898). The notes below will cover Part B:

• Right off the bat, I noticed that this is very different then the Aladdin story told by Disney. There is definitely a glaze over the sadder parts of the story, however in a way gives it a neat perspective.
• One interesting difference is that there are two genie's and how that ultimately changes this story. It is really interesting how Disney spun the story a different way than original and is similar to our storytelling assignments each week.
• The ending of the third book reminds me of the Ramayana in such that if it would've ended now I would've been pleased. Obviously this is where Disney decided to end the tale.
• This story is somewhat complex and similar to part A where characters introduced at the beginning of the story reappear again at the end for a major plot change. I would like to include this element along with the story inception element.
• Lastly, an unforeseen element at the end was the twin brother of the magician. So it would be neat to leave the reader with something that came from left field. 

Laura Gibbs: Genie and Aladdin