Introduction
Don Quixote is a fictional book written by Miguel de Cervantes (Saavedra) and later translated by John Ormsby. The main character builds on imaginary things and works to accomplish what he reads in books. The article analyses how far a person’s imagination can drive someone to do some things that are not realistic.
Body
Don Quixote is the main character in this novel; he has a passion for literature and reading. He is obsessed with this reading to the extent of selling some of his lands to buy books. Based on his imagination, Don Quixote embarks on a journey to help him address his life problems. He also desires to have an adventurous journey. In helping him recover from his imaginary world, Sancho and the priests in his rural area burn his books, but this does not help. Don Quixote is determined to search for his knightly adventures. Samson is on the mission to help Quixote recover from his imaginary world and bring him back to the real world.
One of the major themes in this book is deception, manipulation, and strategy. The Duke and the Duchess cheats and abuses Quixote. He is cheated by the housekeeper and the barber, as well as by the other people. The priest and the barber develop a strategy to make Quixote reach home, even though they face many challenges. Another key theme highlighted is that of imaginations since Quixote vividly imagines situations in which there are giants and warriors on the battlefield.
He even admits to Sancho that he must be mad. Don Quixote is the main character in this book. He is idealistic, honest, proud, and a respectable individual. Another major character in this book is Sancho, who is a coward, greedy but kind. Quixote’s character causes external conflicts between him and other people surrounding him. His imaginations are not realistic to other people, but he seems to be satisfied.
Summary
The other characters in this book seem not to accept Quixote’s state of imagination. They tend to deceive him by burning his books to put an end to the imaginations. This is unfair since they should guide him to stop his desire to actualize the imaginations. The external conflict evident in this book is resolved when Quixote is defeated in a challenge he accepted to fight with the knight of the white moon.
In this challenge, Samson had disguised himself as a knight of the white moon, and with this defeat, Quixote abandoned his imaginations. As a result of what Quixote went through with his imaginations, he resolved to live an ordinary life, just like the other people. This book makes it clear that in life, we should set goals that are achievable and realistic. This will enable us to live well with people around us and be at peace with ourselves.
Conclusion
The book has a moral lesson in that it portrays a picture of how people struggle to accept the realities in life and live an ordinary life. When people live in an imaginary world, they lie to themselves and only realize the deception when it is too late.