Don Quixote
by I
About This Novel
There was a squire in La Mancha, Spain, who loved chivalric novels and read them all day long without any poems in his hands. Finally, he lost his mind after reading. He actually wanted to be a knight errant, hoe the strong and help the weak, act chivalrously, and conquer the world. He called himself Don Quixote, and persuaded a farmer in the village to be his attendant. He rode a horse and held a spear, and embarked on an adventure. Don Quixote's mind was filled with the people and things in the book of chivalry, so in his eyes, prostitutes were ladies and inns were castles. He fought with windmills, regarded sheep as an army, and made many jokes and made a fool of himself. He fought and lost again and again, and persisted in his ideals until he died. Don Quixote and his squire Sancho Panza are two masters and servants. One is tall and the other is short, one is thin and the other is fat. One pursues ideals and the other is very realistic. The two form a strong contrast, producing a strong comic effect and symbolizing the duality of human beings: idealism and realism. Therefore, the work has universal and eternal significance.
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