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.