Loyalty.
Just one word but it can grant you thousands
of blessings. Perhaps through staying honest during good times and bad times or
even sacrificing yourself for another, one thing is for sure; if you practice
it, you will surely be rewarded. Refrain from it, and the penalties could be
fatal.
The story entitled Alibaba and the
Forty Thieves was all about Alibaba, a poor woodcutter. The story started when
Alibaba was at his work cutting trees and found a mysterious cave with lots of
treasures revealed only by the words, ‘Open Sesame’. He told the secret to his
elder brother. Cassim, even if he's already rich, still desires to get the
treasures in the cave. But unfortunately, when he went to the cave to get the
treasure, he forgot the words to close it, and the Thieves killed him.
The Thieves think that maybe there
was another person that also knew the secret in the cave, so they thought of
some ways to find and kill that person. Morgiana, a slave girl of Cassim (now
Ali-Baba) has seen the Thieves plotting their first attempt. And she is loyal
to her master. Whatever the Thieves were planning, she always foils them. And
at last, the chief thief is dead, and Alibaba was extremely grateful to what
Morgiana did. So, he rewarded her by marrying her to his son. Thus, they lived prosperously
except Cassim and the Forty Thieves.
The author shows the readers that
those who are careless lose everything and those who are clever prosper. Much
like Cassim and his greediness. He just entered the cave without checking to
see if he knew how to safely escape. Due to his desire to get the treasure he
forgot the password to leave the cave so he was killed by the robbers.
Ironically, his brother, Alibaba, is a trustworthy who did not let anyone else
know the secret of the cave so that others may be spared. He became wealthy because
he is person who is clever and trustworthy
If I had been asked about it, I would
not have taken advantage to get it even when others say that it is treasure and
great thing to change a person's life. I will strive hard to get all those kind
of things, not be getting the stolen treasures of the thieves.
In the story of alibaba we all knew
that cassim died horribly by being greedy.In that event we can infer that
greediness can lead to bad thing.In this day we can compare cassim's greediness
to our government.Our government that hides many secret just to have their own
good.We all knew that our government are very rich yet they are not contented
on what they have.Just like in the story we knew that cassim has a healthy
businness that provides them money to buy their needs.We can conclude that
greediness is very bad thing that a person can have.
‘Alibaba and the Forty Thieves’
showed a lot of traits: some of them should be admired and reciprocated yet others
must be despised. Nowadays, the government and the people do not have a good
understanding. They do not trust each other. This is most probably because some
of them are not doing their jobs properly. Various
government officials, as evidenced by recent political issues, are too selfish
for their own good. Even though they have lots of money, they still want to be
richer and more powerful. Just like Cassim, who was wealthy yet yearned for
more than what he had.
There might be some bad apples in
the lot, but there are good people too. These persons do their jobs well and give
praise where it is due; they are unselfish. Similar to Ali Baba, who let
Morgiana marry his son and shared his blessings with her. The Arabian story
that I read shows how loyalty and greediness can affect us to our daily lives.
The story wants to show that when you have an enough loyalty to your Master,
you will be granted by a good reward. If you are greedy, there are some bad
things that may happen to you
The story, 'Alibaba and the Forty
Thieves', shows the traits of Arabian people; like, loyalty. This is reflected
in their traditions. For example, when their master has died, a servant must be
buried with their master's tomb. Even though Morgiana saved her master's life
instead of dying with him, it is still an act of undying loyalty to her master.
She did all this just to protect her master from the heinous thieves. The story
also highlights the saying, “If your conduct is determined solely by
considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment." If act on
account of avarice, you will reap none and less; similar to the way the thieves
were finished off after their attempted assassinations on Alibaba. Comparable
to the proverb, 'You reap what you sow,' good actions sprout great rewards.
Like how Morgiana was repayed for her devotion to her owner.
The story shows us the importance
of loyalty and how it will reflect us as a person. People nowadays tend to
traitor their close friends when they're in trouble. We should value the
relationship we had to that person even in a short period of time, we should
never traitor someone just because we're in trouble, and thus, we should help
each other to conquer the trouble/problem we're facing. The loyalty of Morgiana
shows that there are still people who knows how to value relationship and are
still loyal no matter what. In my opinion, Morgiana showed her loyalty to
Alibaba not just because she wanted a reward, she showed her loyalty because
it's her job to keep him safe and away from those people who threatens his
life. In recent times, I think no one would ever risk his/her life for someone
unless he/she would benefit from it.
In the other hand, the greediness
of Cassim reflects some of us. A good example is our government that corrupts
the people and lie against us. One thing we can learn from the story is that we
should not always take, we should also give because giving doesn't mean we lost
something, it means we did help someone have something.
