en said that the humor of Don Quixote is what distinguishes it from All other books of romance. This is what makes it “the best novel in the world.” It is a classic.Don Quixote was a Spanish knight about fifty years old. His real name was Alonso Quijano. He lived in the village of La Mancha with his neice, his house-keeper, and a handy man. He gave up hunting and taking care of his estate to satisfyhis passion of reading books of chivalry. He had a large collection of romances ofchivalry and in the end they turned his brain. His mind became weak from his reading his many romances of chivalry (Samuel, 57). His mind became stuffed with fantasy accounts of tournaments, knightly quests, damsels or women in distress, andstrange enchantments (Grossvogel, 89). His high spirit and his courage never failedhim, but his illusions led him into trouble. Warddropper says, “Don Quixote’s madness is not the result of unrequited passion. It is the result of reading too manybooks of chivalry. He is a knight gone mad from a platonic love” (Warddropper, 136).One day he decided to imitate the heroes of the books he had read and to revive the ancient custom of knight-erranty. Don believed that he had been called to become a knight-errant (Putnam, 63). Nothing would satisfy him but that he must ride abroad on his old horse, armed with spear and helmet, a knight-errant, to encounter all adventures, and to redress the innumeral wrongs of the world. The 3people laughed at Don Quixote and his insane ideals of knighthood.Don made preparation to put his plan into effect. “So many things were wrong that were to be righted, the grievances to be redressed, the abu...
