The document compares and contrasts the folktales of Aladdin and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. It outlines several similarities between the stories, such as them both being Arabian folktales passed down orally that involve thieves, treasure, and a trickster character. Differences discussed include Aladdin involving a street rat becoming a prince and magic elements like a genie and talking bird, while Ali Baba focuses on using a password to access a thieves' cave. In the end, the document concludes that while both stories have similarities and differences, the author slightly prefers Ali Baba since it was newly discovered to them.

1. Compare and contrast
By Tessa Muench
In the stories of Aladdin and Ali Baba the forty
thieves there are many similarities and differences.
First I am going to talk about the similarities then I
will tell you about differences.
The first similarity is that they were both Arabian
folktales. They were also both passed down by
mouth. In those stories both have thieves and the
thieves were very greedy. Compared both stories
there was treasure and a lot of it. There was also a
trickster with both stories. In Aladdin it was
Aladdin but in Ali Baba it was Morgianna.
Some more similarities I thought are that both take
place in Arabia. On the contrary the stories the
things that happened in the stories are not very
likely to happen in this time of the world. Also in
the stories Ali Baba and Aladdin, Aladdin and Ali
Baba were both kind.
Other similarities are that in the end Morginna and
Aladdin get married. Both women are pretty. Both
have main character and they both have to do with
thieves.
Finally were on to differences. Some differences
are that in in the movie a street rat becomes a

2. prince. The hero in the book Is Morginna compared
to Aladdin where there is a trickster and not really
a hero. Unlike 40 thieves, in Aladdin Jaffare had a
bird that talks.
There are many differences between Ali Baba and
Aladdin. One of those differences is that in 40
thieves there were 40 thieves in Aladdin there was
no thieves just Aladdin and the greedy man.
Like wise in Aladdin there was a magical genie
who granted wishes. However in 40 thieves you
needed a password to get into the cave.
Yet Aladdin was more a fantasy with talking
animals and magic. On the other hand we watched
the movie Aladdin. Instead we read the story Ali
Baba and the 40 thieves. However in Aladdin
everybody doesn’t like Aladdin. In Ali Baba nobody
hated him.
Both stories had many similarities and differences.
Both stories were good stories, but I think I liked
Ali Baba just a tad bit more. I think I liked Ali Baba
better because I had never heard it or read it.
Both stories were good stories.