In their minds they can not trust him enough to read anything because his imagination has a powerful control over his mind, and with so much power there are many uncertainties that they fear he is capable of causing harm to others and himself. It is why when Don Quixote returns ime? he is treated with so much care that they do not speak of anything relating to chivalric romance because of the "risk that it may open wounds" (487) the romances had on his mind. They feared that any mention of chivalry could awaken his imagination and off he would go which would put at risk the lives of many others. At first no one is trusting enough to encourage the growing imagination and there is a fear of the strength the imagination had on it's host.
Nevertheless as much as there were those who feared for Don Quixote there are also those who encouraged his imagination as well . One of those who are amused by Don Quixote's imagination is Don Antonio Moreno. He heard of Don Quixote and how he is living within a different reality than those around him and because of this he is considered to be insane. He feeds the imagination by jokingly placing a name card on Don Quixote's back so that the public and read it and state his name (908). He is attempting to see how the knight reacts to being well known, because if he believes he is well known as a knight he will continue to act as a knight and the entertainment continues for Don Antonio. He does not fear the outcomes of his encouragement because if he did he would do all that is in his power to diminish the imagination and send him home to where it is believed by others to be the best place for him. .
Just as there are those who encourage Don Quixote's imagination there are those who walk the fine line between his world and that of society as a whole. Sancho Panza walks that line consistently. There are moments where he can see reality and how it does not correspond to Don's Quixote's imagination such as when they encountered the windmills (64), yet there are times when he plays along and adapts what he has learned through Don Quixote and lives as a squire would.
Chapter 52 tells of the quarrel between Don Quixote and the goatherd . ... Don Quixote believes that they are a group of criminals . ... Sancho throws himself upon Don Quixote's body . ... He sees people and objects realistically but continues to follow Don Quixote whom he knows sees only through his imagination. ... But in Don Quixote's world, all of these things are true. ...
Don Quixote TIME: In the spring of 1580 in Spain. ... She asks Don Quixote to slay the giant so that she may regain her kingdom. ... Friendships and love relationships Sancho Panza He is Don Quixote's squire and companion throughout most of Don Quixote's expeditions. ... The Priest Along with the barber, the priest is Don Quixote's friend and neighbor who try to protect Don Quixote from himself. ... The barber, like the priest, is Don Quixote's friend and neighbor who plot to keep Don Quixote at home. ...
Don Quixote would never think along those lines. Don Quixote was a very moral man and idealistic man. ... Idealists dream, and then turn their dreams into a reality, which is what Don Quixada did when he transformed himself into Don Quixote. ... Don Quixote associates everything in his surrounding with medieval comparisons and morals He sees what his mind and imagination create. On the first night of his journey, Don Quixote reaches a roadside inn. ...
Choosing to abandon reality and live in an idealistic, but illusionary world like that of Don Quixote, a character from Dale Wasserman's Man of La Mancha, may seem at first like a choice that few would make. ... Few could ever allow themselves to believe as much Don Quixote did, but many use this escape mechanism in smaller ways during daily life. ... Escaping his painful reality within his own imagination, and through his various artistic works, gave him hope in a situation where very few possess it. Like Don Quixote, he was able to keep himself going by living a fanasy. Also like Do...
Rushdie has painted a picture of social agenda utilizing the literary tools of fiction, fantasy, allegory, and a dash of imagination to bring us an example of modern-day metafiction. ... Don Quixote, and even Shakespeare's Hamlet, have been labeled as containing elements of metafiction; and in this regard some critics claim that the definitions for metafiction, and their application, are too broad to be used with much precision. ...
