1. Compare and Contrast
By: Kent L’esperanCe
In aLaddIn and aLI BaBa and the Forty thIeves there are many
sImILarItIes and dIFFerenCes. aLaddIn Is a poor street rat. aLI BaBa
Is marrIed to a poor woodCutter. I’m wrItIng these paragraphs to
see whICh I LIKe Better, aLaddIn or aLI BaBa and the Forty thIeves.
a sImILarIty In aLaddIn and aLI BaBa and the Forty thIeves Is
Both storIes have seCret Caves. Both Caves are FILLed wIth
treasure and very magICaL. aLso In Both storIes the maIn
CharaCters enter the Caves. aLthough In aLaddIn, aLaddIn Cannot
touCh any oF the treasure BesIdes the genIe’s Lamp or the Cave wILL
seaL and the treasure wILL BeCome magma.
another sImILarIty Is that Both storIes are araBIan
FoLKtaLes. that means they are storIes wIth a moraL. aLso that
means the storIes are From araBIan area.
a thIrd sImILarIty Is that Both storIes have the same moraL,
don’t Be greedy. aLso Both the maIn CharaCters aren’t greedy and
they end up gettIng the treasure, not the greedy CharaCters.
FInaLLy, a Last sImILarIty Is, In Both storIes the vILLaIns
dIsguIse themseLves to trICK the maIn CharaCter. the vILLaIn In
aLaddIn dIsguIses hImseLF as a FeLLow prIsoner In the suLtan’s
paLaCe dungeons. the vILLaIn In aLI BaBa dIsguIses hImseLF as a
weaLthy oIL merChant.
one dIFFerenCe In these storIes Is that In aLI BaBa there Is a
heroIne. the heroIne Is aLI BaBa’s houseKeeper, morgIana. aLso
morgIana Isn’t the maIn CharaCter. In aLaddIn, aLaddIn Is the hero
and the maIn CharaCter.
another dIFFerenCe Is In aLaddIn onLy one man Can enter the
Cave, aLaddIn. aLthough By Contrast IF you Know the seCret
password you Can enter the Cave In aLI BaBa. the vILLaIn In aLaddIn
trICKs aLaddIn Into gettIng the Lamp For hIm.
a thIrd dIFFerenCe Is In aLaddIn there Is a genIe, however In aLI
BaBa there Isn’t. aLaddIn FInds the Lamp In the Cave oF wonders. aLI
BaBa FInds treasure In the Forty thIeves Cave.
FInaLLy, a Last dIFFerenCe Is that In aLI BaBa there are Forty
vILLaIns, But In aLaddIn
there Is onLy one vILLaIn. aLaddIn Is trICKed Into gettIng the Lamp
By JaFar, the vILLaIn. In aLI BaBa the thIeves use ForCe to get what
they want.

2. In the Intro I saId I’m anaLyzIng the storIes to see whICh I LIKe
Better. I deCIded I LIKe aLaddIn Better BeCause It has more aCtIon.