Reading Notes: Sinbad, Part B

Now that I am finished with all of Sinbad's seven voyages, I feel that I have a better knowledge of its themes and ideas. Admittedly, Sinbad reminds me of that meme of Tom Hanks where he is the last person you want to travel with (Cast Away, Captain Phillips, and Sully to name a few). With this thought, I feel that I can write a story as Tom Hanks. With Sinbad's stories being a first person recount of his voyages, I feel that I can write my stories as Tom Hanks recounting all of his movie parts as if they were real!

Many of Sinbad's adventures were life threatening and included much luck and coincidence, something I feel that can be duplicated in my stories. I am thinking that it could be very similar to that of Forrest Gump, but it would just include him being ship-wrecked, crashing landing a plane, and being held hostage by pirates. For those of you who do not know the story of Sinbad, many of what I just said actually occurred in the story! With this said, I feel that I have a pretty good basis for my story!


Bibliography: The Voyages of Sinbad, The Arabian Nights: Andrew Lang. Link

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