For Don Quixote de la Mancha, everything was real. ... He along with the others, shrugged his shoulders at Don Quixote de la Mancha, and believed the old man to be mad. ... Because in his dreams, he was Don Quixote de la Mancha, a knight on a white horse, riding with his Lady Dulcinea to the bright and beautiful skies. ...

• Word Count: 644
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The son of a deaf surgeon, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish novelist, soldier and poet, born in 1547 and died in 1616. ... The main character in this novel is Don Quixote, he's around 50 years old from La Mancha (Spain), and he's always in company of a laborer named Sancho Panza who rides his mule which he loves deeply, named Rucio. ... It is very rare to realize the use of first person but there is some parts for example: "Somewhere in la Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember ..." ...

• Word Count: 1019
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School