Joseph Scarimbolo
Professor Garrett
English 2110 M/W 6:30pm
9/22/2014
"Aladdin"
The story of Aladdin appeared for the first time in One Thousand and One
Nights, the first major European version. . One of the more recent and most popular
versions of Aladdin was an animated movie made in 1992 by Disney. Even though the
movie and the Arabian tale share common traits and are both centered on a young boy
named Aladdin, the morals they state couldn't be more different.
In Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp , Aladdin is a boy who is lazy
and selfish. His selfish ways even make his own father upset, causing him to die. After
his father dies, Aladdin depends on his mother to make money and to provide food, and
becomes increasingly rebellious and is home only to eat. As we learn more and more
about Aladdin, the more unlikable he becomes.
In contrast, in the movie, Aladdin is a clever boy who steals food only
because he is too poor to buy any.
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English: The inside of the Hyperion Theater at Dis...His lack of family or food immediately makes us, the
audience to feel sympathy for his situation. . Although we know that he is breaking the
law by stealing bread he didn't pay for, we understand that he is just trying to survive and
if put in the same situation we might do the same thing. Aladdin sees very small children
digging through the trash to eat and gives the food he worked so hard to get, to these
orphan children. This reveals the good, kind and honest man that Aladdin is.
Aladdin in the book continues to be greedy and is never satisfied by what the
genie gives him; he constantly seeks more and more. He also feels the need to show off
his riches, particularly by the building...