Analysis Of Don Quixote

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Eva L. Mendez-Zacher
Roxanne Green
WRT 102
11 April 2015
An insight in to Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote

La Mancha is home to the self proclaimed Don Quixote (Alonzo Quixano) a middle-aged gentleman obsessed with the gallant principles portrayed in the books he’s read. Don Quixote 's obsession has led him to believe that it is his duty to defend the helpless and destroy the wicked. After several failed attempts at honor and glory accompanied by only a recycled suit of armor (previously belonging to his grandfather), his lance, sword and a self made helmet; he decides not to give up, instead gearing up for yet another journey; this time convincing a laborer named Sancho Panza to accompany him as his squire, (assistant). Don Quixote promises
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However the novel of Don Quixote originated from the result of different aspects of Cervantes’ life. Cervantes never took his failure well and he expresses his opinion in the first part of the Quixote. Cervantes himself states that he wrote Don Quixote in order to undermine the influence of those "vain and empty books of chivalry" as well as to provide some merry, original, and sometimes prudent material for his readers ' entertainment. All his life he shared the ideals of an idealistic national purpose that led to Spain 's glory and downfall at a time when the nation was the Catholic defense against a reformation-torn Europe and against the overwhelming advances of the aggressive Turkish …show more content…
Making the character of the Quixote the ideal poster child for schizophrenia; a disorder that may cause hallucinations, experiences of influence, and disturbances in attention, comprehension and the flow of thought (Pg.1-2). Since character of Don Quixote created a delusional world in which he would be a hero. The stories about knights-errant and dragons and princesses and wicked enchanters became his reality. A hallucination that allows him to believe is living a live of honor and grace the life of a real

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