Tucker's review
Don Quixote (Penguin Classics)
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Tucker's review
Don Quixote (Penguin Classics) by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Tucker's review
rating:
As a kid did you ever dream about being a knight like the ones in the books you read? Well in Don Quixote, a delusional 50 year old man starts trying to fulfill this dream. Journeying through Spain with his squire Sancho Panza, Don Quixote finds many "adventures" that to most people wouldn't seem like adventures at all, but to Don Quixote who is thinks windmills are giants, and a flock of sheep is an army, anything is an adventure.
One very enjoyable part is that the main characters both exhibit completely contradictory traits. Don Quixote is completely sane and very intelligent until the subject of chivalry is brought up at which point his madness prevails. Sancho is a complete fool (he follows around a madman that he knows his mad), but occassionally proves himself to be incredibly wise. The interactions between the sane madman and the wise fool provide some very interesting dynamics. Another interesting aspect of this book is that the characters in the book actu...more
One very enjoyable part is that the main characters both exhibit completely contradictory traits. Don Quixote is completely sane and very intelligent until the subject of chivalry is brought up at which point his madness prevails. Sancho is a complete fool (he follows around a madman that he knows his mad), but occassionally proves himself to be incredibly wise. The interactions between the sane madman and the wise fool provide some very interesting dynamics. Another interesting aspect of this book is that the characters in the book actu...more
