Don Quixote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9IhfIVPtWw
:25 – 1:07
Here in this video these scholars try to explain a little bit into the themes of Don Quixote. And these themes that they gave are really relatable and made the Great work of Don Quixote much more applicable to my life. First Antonio Rivas talks about Don Quixote and Sancho Panza’s relationship and he describes it as “the first bromance ever told”. That in it of itself is a funny way to explain such a revered book, but also is able to relate the character to myself. While reading about him, I just imagined him as a crazy man, but when he explains it this way he is a lot more similar to me, he also had his best friend that he did everything with. Mark Aldrich the next scholar also did a very similar thing as Rivas. Aldrich talked about how Quixote was obsessed with literature, which makes him seem a little bit crazy but in reality, he just wanted to go and live some of those adventures. As we see in the famous windmill scene, he just wanted to destroy some giants. When his reasoning is put this way, it is much more relatable. Having read books, such as Harry Potter and the lord of the rings, I always wanted to go on those crazy adventures and live in worlds of magic like those characters did, and I can understand why Quixote tried to put himself in that Mindspace where he was living out his favorite books. “Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.” The way that Aldrich explains this is a much more relatable way where he didn’t really lose his mind, but he was inspired by this adventure that could be had and he wanted it in his life, so he went out and found it. He found his adventures.