Reflection: Aladdin Ali Baba Sindbad The Sailor Folklore

Melanie A.
Galedo
BSN 12-D
REFLECTION
The Thousand and One Nights, also called The Arabian Nights, Arabic Alf laylah wa laylah,
collection of largely Middle Eastern and Indian stories of uncertain date and authorship. Its tales
of Aladdin, Ali Baba, and Sindbad the Sailor have almost become part of Western folklore, though
these were added to the collection only in the 18th century in European adaptations. It was not just
a frame narrative. But it is a compilation of various stories from different author itself, it is very wise
to make a compilation of the stories and put it as one, so whoever read and watch it. It will be easier
for them to understand it.
Underlying Power One thousand and one nights, one thousand and one moral stories. The story
of The Thousand and One Nights is a unique tale that teaches simple morals throughout the many
stories within the main story. This tale is about a clever women that saves herself, as well as the
women in her kingdom, from being put to death by the king. She does this by marring the king and
telling him bedtime stories every night that lead into the next day. She would purposely not finish
the story, to leave him interested in the ending which eventually saves her life, and the women in
her kingdom, day after day. Not only does the main story have a lesson to be learned, but the mini-
stories also have simple morals to be learned. We learn very important values about life by the
history of this world and by people. Values are considered a guiding principle or standard of conduct
such as honesty or loyalty or responsibility for others welfare. The values itself that have been
passed down to us, is what shape and make us into the people we are today.
Second, I was also shocked by the impact of the war on people's life. They stayed with hopeless
fear and vigilance. Their freedom was lost and the peaceful life had disappeared. When I read the
part that Taliban did a series of cruelty to the people, tears fell from my eyes. I did not dare to
imagine people's life in the war. Taliban was brutal to everyone, even to the little children in the
orphanage, like Sohrab, Hassan's son. Assef, who was head of Taliban in that area, maltreated
Sohrab everyday so that Sohrab felt tired of life. He did long to be back to his old life, together with
his parents and Rahim Khan.
Melanie A. Galedo
BSN 12-D
"For you, thousand times over." The words that touch my heart, it was said by Hassan a
servant in Amir's house. It was a time of war when the story happen. I was deeply moved by the
movie for a several reason.
First, Hassan was a loyal person. The loyalty was not only between a servant and master,
but also between friends. Hassan regarded Amir as his best friend, so he could do everything for
Amir no matter how Amir treated him. One of the most moving parts for me was that when Hassan
was abused by Assef, Amir's school friend, he still did not give them the blue kite since the kite he
got was for Amir. Hassan would rather sacrifice himself instead of compromising with Assef. He
might know that he had the different class from Amir. He might know he was in a big trouble. He
might know Amir never regarded him as his real friend. Nevertheless, he still persisted. Hassan
could lead a better life without Amir, but after he was told to look after Amir's house by Rahim Khan,
he abandoned his comfortable life and moved to live with Rahim Khan. He died protecting Amir's
house. After I watch the movie, I was really astonished by the loyalty of Hassan and had a deeper
understanding of the words" For you, a thousand times over." It is a promise that Hassan kept in his
entire life, and it is also an indescribable friendship that Hassan hoped to get.
Second, I was also shocked by the impact of the war on people's life. They stayed with
hopeless fear and vigilance. Their freedom was lost and the peaceful life had disappeared. When I
read the part that Taliban did a series of cruelty to the people, tears fell from my eyes. I did not dare
to imagine people's life in the war. Taliban was brutal to everyone, even to the little children in the
orphanage, like Sohrab, Hassan's son. Assef, who was head of Taliban in that area, maltreated
Sohrab everyday so that Sohrab felt tired of life. He did long to be back to his old life, together with
his parents and Rahim Khan. I was deeply moved when Amir, give his best to retrieve the son of
Hassan and even fled to the country even he knows it is the most dangerous thing to do. But still
persisted for Hassan and their friendship, he even planned to adopt the Sorhab and bring it back to
America and be with her wife. I was also amazed by the openness of the wife to understand the
situation and receive the young as if it is her son.
It is a great movie indeed that I know will forever remain in my memory, I do believe that
is life loyalty is one of the important thing in friendship. It is a foundation and a treasure no one can
steal from you.

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