Literary Version of Aladdin

• Wait Aladdin has a family! He also is lazy and does not want to learn how to work which causes the stress that kills his father. This presents a much different picture, with its blatant opposition to being lazy and cowardly.
• This Aladdin seems quite a bit obsessed. He was the epitome of the peeping tom that people are warned about. He also falls in love with the woman without having met her, just judging her by her beauty. He is so obsessed that her sends his mother everyday to ask for her hand. Also, why would the Sultan promise his daughter off to a random stranger just because the mother brought some gems in a cloth? For someone who seems to care for his child, that certainly does not seem like it.
• This also brings up, why did the seemingly kind Sultan promise his daughter to Aladdin then have her married of to someone else? That seems quite odd, when before he was astounded by the gems Aladdin’s mother carried.
• It is commendable that Aladdin did not seek to harm the husband of the princess, just make him miserable enough to leave. Although it is sad that a fully grown male was ready to leave after a few nights in the cold. He also did not take advantage of the princess which is also kind.
• There is still the prejudice against the poor from the upper class, which leads to the high price of the Sultan’s daughter’s hand in marriage.
• Does this Aladdin have two genies? The ring and the lamp? Yes apparently. Although I think the one in the ring has less power.
• It is kind of sweet that he refuses to marry her until he has a home for her to live in. Though it is odd that she was immediately happy to marry him after she saw him. Also did she not recognize him from before?
• I like that this Aladdin won the hearts of the people by his kind nature and his ability to lead the army not through his wealth. He also seems genuinely upset by the loss of the princess.
• Another question, why did the Sultan automatically assume that the missing palace/princess was Aladdin’s fault, especially with Aladdin out of the city? That makes no sense.
• Wait… This is set in China?! What? I thought it was set in the middle east.
• Aladdin still did not explain to her what the lamp meant.
• What is a roc egg? How is it the master of the genie? Why is the genie do close to its master while it is stuck in a lamp?
• So the vizier was not the true evil one in this story, it was two African magicians. Was there some sort of prejudice in their decision to use African Magicians?
• This is a happily ever after that seems realistic.
• It is strange that the mother of the princess only appears once in the story. She is quite absent the rest of the time.