Aladdin Analysis

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The Disney fairy tale Aladdin is the tale of a young street rat named Aladdin and his primate friend Abu. The dynamic duo of Aladdin and Abu start off living on the streets, in fact, the first scene features the pair fleeing from the guards of Agrabah because they were caught stealing. The next day, the princess of Agrabah, Jasmine, sneaks out of the palace to see what the city is like, as she has never been outside of the palace walls. It is in the marketplace that she runs into Aladdin, who saves the princess from having her hand chopped off because she stole from a merchant. The two connect on a very obvious level from the start. However, Aladdin’s fate turns around when Jafar, the advisor to the Sultan, recruits Aladdin to enter the Cave …show more content…

Throughout Islam, there are many rituals and things that are required of Muslims. In Islamic cultures, females wear Hijab, a head covering that is often worn in public. In the movie Aladdin, the women in the marketplace are wearing Hijab. Another reference to Islam is when Aladdin gives away the bread that he and Abu stole at the beginning of the movie to two children who were also seemingly living on the streets. A huge part of Islam is charity, so much so that according to Joseph Liu (2012), all able Muslims are required to make donations to the poor. “The amount is typically 2.5% of a person’s total wealth, not just annual income” (Liu, …show more content…

Throughout the movie, his relationship with Genie (the sacred) goes through highs and lows. Aladdin and the Genie are seemingly close throughout the first part of their relationship. However, when Aladdin contemplates breaking his promise to the Genie, he really lets Genie down and their relationship suffers as a result. I connect to this especially because as a younger man in my teens, I made a lot of mistakes. While God forgives us when we ask for it, these mistakes had the potential to forever change my life, and therefore my relationship with the sacred. It is startling how a few poor decisions can lead us down a destructive path and pull us further and further away from what means the most to us. God has always been there for me, I just wasn’t always here for God. Thankfully, however, just as Aladdin makes it up to Genie, I was able to make it up to God and I am now an active participant in my own relationship with the

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