Don Quixote #2

      Hello again, blog readers or reader...I really hope it is the former. The book that this blog is focused on is Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, the story of the illustrious Don Quixote de la Mancha. The story so far is that an honest gentleman known as Quixana who spent all of his free time reading stories of chivalry and then after reading so many times from dusk until dawn,till as the book says “ all the moisture of his brain being quite exhausted with indefatigable watching and study, he fairly lost his wits.” so to sum that up he was so engrossed with his book that he lost his grip on sanity and went mad. This entry takes place shortly after he is given a firm beating after attempting a duel with people over his fair princess’s beauty, he returns to his home to heal and after he heals he has poor villager join him as his squire, the villager's name is Sancho Panza  

        I personally think this book is amazing and it really good at keeping me interested. I think that one of the most interesting things about this book is the interaction between Don Quixote and his squire Sancho Panza. I was initially annoyed at the idea of a companion to Don Quixote until the book actually showed how silly the contrast would be. The first time I actually noticed this contrast is when our Knight-errant has his run in with the four handed “giants” and by “giants” I mean he was fighting windmills that Sancho was easily able to recognize and point out to the mad man. Don Quixote who is quite firmly entrenched in his madness explains to his squire that he is still new to adventuring and thus he is unable to see the “giants” for what they are. I find that hilarious because clearly it is Don Quixote who can not see them for what they are, but the best part of the exchange to me is when after attempting to kill the giant with his lance and being thrown with his horse he exclaims that a wizard has transformed the four armed giants into windmills, so that he would be robed of his honorable combat. That has to sink in for a bit...okay, the way that he turned that so he was still right is sheer brilliance to me. I like how this keeps happening as the story continues, Sancho trying to explain it to his master what something is in reality, and Don Quixote brushing the thought aside and offering his own explanation and then charging headlong into the situation, that interaction between the two is easily able to keep me reading just to see how much Sancho can handle from his crazy master.