Don Quixote

Don Quixote is a middle-aged gentleman of La Mancha who reads one too many books of chivalry and decides to become a knight. He polishes an old suit of armor, takes a mischievous peasant named Sancho Panza as his squire. In medieval times, knight-errants roamed the countryside of Europe, rescuing damsels and vanquishing evildoers. Don Quixote, formerly QuixanaHe was a wealthy, intelligent farmer who read too many books about knight-errantry and went crazy. He convinced …showed first 75 words of 474 total…

…showed last 75 words of 474 total…little grasp of reality. When Quixote does something unreasonable, Sancho despises the fact that his master might be mad and accepts some of the lunacy to make his job easier. When Quixote starts to die and loses the madness, Sancho’s perspective changes and regards Quixote more with pity. When he finally renounces chivalry on his deathbed, his once-skeptical friends beg him to reconsider, and even the practical Sancho Panza longs to resume their adventures.