Literature of Latin America

Don Quixote

The creation of Don Quixote took a great amount of imagination on the part of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra . This was because unlike popular literature at the time , Cervantes broke the mold and wrote Don Quixote 's character as a means of opposing the more commonly written works on chivalry and romance . Don Quixote himself was a man of imagination Because of imagination , he was able to immerse himself fully in his books of chivalry and even believed himself to be a knight in a similar story . His act of

tilting at windmills was done only because he imagined the windmills to be giants . Today , tilting at windmills is an expression that refers to actions that are made in vain , no-win situations Although tilting at windmills is a futile task there is much to be said for Don Quixote who does it . He was a man filled with determination and conviction about what he believed to be real . Even though Sancho Panza keeps telling him he is battling against windmills , He insists that they are giants and bravely goes off to fight them . Even though he acts foolishly , Don Quixote 's heart is the heart of a hero . Had his imaginings been true , people would have regaled his stories as heroic But because they were not , he was seen as a fool and was often the butt of many pranks

In creating Don Quixote , Cervantes showed that the values of romanticism and chivalry are commendable but are no...