We have reached to the second volume, indicating the midpoint of Don Quijote’s expedition. I noticed that drama is often being expressed. Cervantes unfolds various examples of drama. For instance, in Chapter 17, Don Quijote encounters a mule driver carrying two heavy beasts. It was a foolhardy move, but the chivalric knight wanted to challenge […]
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Don Quixote 2.0
Don Quixote is a changed man in the second part of the story. He is wiser, less crazy, and more compassionate toward those he meets. The incident with the lions exemplifies this change in his nature. He doesn’t attack the mule driver for contradicting him and he doesn’t insist on agitating the lion. The Don […]
Drama everywhere !
These few chapters I read about were really just full of drama. To begin with in chapter 17, there was a scene where don Quixote tried to get in battle with a lion! Although I am still in shock into why anyone would ever want to fight a lion, Don Quixote still came out alive. […]
Finding Importance – Quality NOT Author
Suppose an individual wrote a replica of a famous author’s book and that replica is artistically and literarily finer than the original. Despite the attributes of the latter, this ‘replica’ would be deemed a fake, a copy, basically plagiarism. Now suppose an individual reading these two books has no knowledge of the different authorship. The […]
The Love Square of Madness
In chapters 28-37, we see a lot less violence than we have seen previously in the book, we see more love in this section, but we also see more of Don Quixote’s madness come to light. Love has been one of the bigger themes in Don Quixote. There’s Don Quixote’s love for Dulcinea has been […]
Blog Post 4: The Undiscovered Truth
. Truth be told here, the reading chapters is filled with confessions that have not been unveiled. The novel has exponentially led us to these unexpected moments that opens a new section of reality in viewing the characters differently. “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover […]
Don Quixote is changing for me …
Is Don Quixote really the knight he wants to be? While reading these chapters my perspective on Don Quixote changed a little. As I was reading, for me, he became less of a “hero” and more a threat. In the chapters from 1-15 I perceived Don Quixote as an adventurous funny guy. However, beginning in […]
Sancho’s Changing Opinion and Tolerance
http://www.online-literature.com/cervantes/don_quixote/14/ From the moment Sancho decided to tag along on Don Quixote’s adventures, anyone could have assumed that Sancho was on the same level of crazy as Don Quixote because Sancho really thought he was going to gain an island by following Don Quixote as a squire. Sancho is a very patient character because he […]
Don Quixote as a Preacher?
“‘Your grace might be,’ said Sancho, ‘a better preacher than a knight-errant.’” (Chapter 18) This quote, said by Sancho Panza, can bring up several different ideas to the mind. With don Quixote more devoted to religion than to the books of chivalry, he most likely would be a different kind of character, right? In my […]
Quijote Game of Reality
Based on the chapter readings we covered, the giddy middle-aged man, Don Quijote de la Mancha, truly embodies the qualities of a well-devoted knight. The dedication of reading chivalry books has paid off and he has taken a great portion towards applying it in life. For being recognized as a stellar and influential literature from the Spanish […]