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Don Quixote
Quixote
Don

By
Miguel de
Cervantes
Commemorating
400 years of his
death

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LaMancha
Mancha
de
Edgardo V. Gerck
Mount Everest Academy
History and English Project
April, 2016

Questions at the
end!

Don Quixote wanted to make Spain great again!

Don Quixote Facts

1.

Written by Miguel de Cervantes 412 years ago

(1604). Spain was a rich, world power, but was
declining. Don Quixote enraptured Spain and quickly
gained world fame.

2.

Literary Genre: Satiric novella (short stories woven

together)

3. Alonso Quixano, a common person, reads old chivalry

books full of nonsense and loses his mind, renaming
himself as Don Quixote.
4.

Don Quixote wants to make Spain great again, and

fancies to become a knight errant, taking the peasant
Sancho Panza for his squire, and seeking to bring
back the Golden Age by righting wrongs through
one-sided dialogue and force.

Conclusion (so far)

Enjoy Don Quixote, a modern tale, told in a modern
way.
Beware of bad books and fixed ideas.

Embrace change, the best is yet to be!

Patterns from Don Quixote

1.

A fixed idea, leading to a loss of perspective, then a

loss of contact with reality (psychosis).

2.

The fixed idea was based on lore, hiding dark facts.

In Don Quixote, the knights were actually
commissioned thugs, the chivalry code was a coverup for their atrocities.

3.

The story: A common person reads old books full of

nonsense and loses his mind, renaming himself as
something grandiose.

4.

The character wants to make the country great

again, and fancies to be given great authority, taking
an assistant and seeking to bring back some
nebulous Golden Age.

Credits
Created by:
Edgardo V. Gerck, MEA, 2016.
Contributions by:
MEA teacher Mr. Sharp, home
teachers
Teacher:
Mr. Antti
Thanks!