Reading Notes: The Voyages of Sinbad, Part A

I chose to read The Voyages of Sinbad for my reading this week because in the description it said that it was much like The Odyssey, which I read last week and quite enjoyed.  It also read that many inspirations for The Voyages of Sinbad came from the The Odyssey and that was not an exaggeration! I was shocked at how similar many of the stories were between the two readings.  Much like The Odyssey, in The Voyages of Sinbad, Sinbad the main character is a merchant that loves to travel the world and collect great treasures.  Throughout this reading, Sinbad goes on 4 voyages, all of which have almost deathly encounters.  The voyage that resembled The Odyssey the most was Voyage 3, which involved a giant that held Sinbad and his companions hostage and ate them slowly.  They merely escaped by stabbing him in the eye with boiling rods in his slumber and fled the island on makeshift rafts that they had made from driftwood.  This is almost identical to a situation that Odysseus occurred during his journey home.  Part A of this reading was very exciting and I am looking forward to reading Part B!

Sinbad fleeing on a makeshift raft. Web source.