This book follows a specific structure were each tale combines different nights. At the beginning was the vizier the one telling the stories to her daughter to show her an example of what it will happen to her if she goes with the kind ( The Tale of the Ox and the Donkey) or what he will do if she goes to the kind ( The Tale of the Merchant and his Wife). But as the story goes on, once the daughter went to the king´s palace, all the tales are almost identical.
The starting of the tale it is always a curious story, as the one in page 253 when a naked men running in the streets was trying to catch a women’’ that it is actually connected with the last part of the night before. It is usually an interesting introduction where the king wants to know more about it. It could be interesting and also as such this one a little out of place to create a sense of confusion and generate the feeling of having to know the explanation.
Each night start with Sharazad flattering him to get his attention for tell the next story, such in page 18 or 252 when the first night or the one hundred and fifty-eight night start.
All the stories are strange and therefore will awake the intrigue of the king. In this way Shahrazad, the vizier’s daughter, will be alive at least for one more day to be able to tell the next story that the king is waiting anxiously.
All the tales has also a common element at the end that help Sharazad be alive as well as the story of the book. That Sharazad’s sister, Dinarzad. She will said at the end of each night something like ‘‘What a strange and wonderful story!’’ and Shahrazad will answer ‘‘Tomorrow night I shall tell you something even stranger and more wonderful than this’’(page 26). In this way she will cheer her sister in front of the king to make him think, I cannot kill her because if I will I will not know what will occur in the next part of Shahrazad’ story. Other tails she will ask for the permission of the king to tell another story such as in page 22 where the King answer that he would not put her to death until he heard of what happen with the demon, then he will.
And that is the aim of the whole story telling throughout the book. Same objective at the beginning of tales, interesting story, throughout the tale the disproportioned, uncommon, lovely, strange story and an open ending to wake up the curiosity of the king and therefore do not be killed by him for be able to tell more stories.