Don Quixote written in the 16th century by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra. This novel is about an elderly man, Alanso Quijana, and his friend Sancho Panza. Alanso who became a idealist by reading all sorts of tales with knights slaying dragons. That what day it went to his head and he wanted to set out on a journey with his squire, Sancho. His niece, Antonia, tried to stop him but it was no use telling a dreamer not to not to dream and accomplish his dream. He decides to change his name to Don Quixote Knight Errant. One day while riding on his horse he sees On his journeys he believes he sees something that his not really there, like where he believes windmills are giant and that he has to slay one of them, but in the end the windmill got the best of him. This goes on for awhile him going on journeys with Sancho, his niece begins to worry about him so they have Sampson Carasco to cure Don Quioxte of these wild adventures. His cure was to keep sending him on journeys until he gets sick of them or until he gets defeated. In the end it ends up working.
Alanso Quijana: idealalist, dreamer, imaginitive, adventurous, persistent.
Sancho Panza: realist, loyal, reliable, trustworthy, rational-thinker.
Antonia: caring, sensitive, reasonable, simple, honest.
Sampson Carasco: intelligent, assertive, arrogant, successful, self-assured.
1. Do you agree or disagree? Don Quixote actions against the windmills is heroic even though the windmills presented no threat. Justify.
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2. Compare and contrast Don Quixote's world with the world today.
3. What main points can one take from Don Quixote and apply to today's life?.
Alanso Quijana: "Love not what you are, but what you may become.".
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I think that this mean don't settle for what is given to you on a platter, but what you can achieve on your own. This happens a lot in real life, adults they start there children out, at the top, not letting them get the feel for achievement on their own, it is given to them on a silver platter.
