-Aladdin was a tailor's son
-He was so idle that his father died from grief
-His uncle who was a famous African musician came along
-Aladdin's mother thought he was dead
-Uncle asked what his trade was - he didn't have one, so the uncle took him to get a shop set up
-Background story stuff happens, the uncle tricking him to get the lamp, blah blah blah
-CHANGE- make the genie a girl
-Make Aladdin a good guy because that's the way he was when I was growing up with the story
-He falls in love with the genie
-little did he know, the genie was actually a trapped princess
-The Sultan's brother captured her because he couldn't be Sultan and he was angry
-Aladdin has to figure out a way to make her human again so that he can be with his family
-plot twist- Aladdin should be super close to his mother so he has to choose between the princess and the mother. make it a happy ending of course
Bibliography: The Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Andrew Lang; link to the reading online
I never thought of organizing my reading notes like this. It actually looks like notes. My reading notes are like two paragraphs of what I want to do with them and everything. But I may use your method of writing the reading notes. It looks like a more fun way of doing these each week.
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