ENG 2850 LITT

Don Quixote

In the story of Don Quixote there is a scene for the book where the master where Sancho Panzo asked his master what giants he is referring too. The master answer the ones you can see over there .. with the huge arms , some of which are very nearly two leagues long. Sancho replies ‘’Now look your grace’’ ‘’What you see over there aren’t giants but windmills and what seems to be arms are just their sails, that go around in the wind and turn the milestone’’. This concept of what the master had replied to Sancho had me really thinking. Why are windmills in this scene being compared to monsters. Windmills we can look at various ways. One a windmill can supply energy which would take away jobs and money from others to make a honest living. Windmills can also be used a scenario as to where being a life threat to animal life as well being a noise complaint for some living in the area. Windmills can also be found by some people unsightly. Even though this story was made century’s ago we can still look at windmills as a sign for today’s day an age monsters. They are many comparisions we can give in this scenario where they are things in this world that don’t seem to have any effect because .. hey its just a windmill what can be the negatives of having a windmill. Cars can be one thing , yes it helps transport everyone where they need to go from point A to point B. But cars and other automobile vehicle release fossil fuels and pollution which destroy the ozone layer as well as pollute the air we breathe in. I found this scene in the book very interesting and made me think more into depth on what the master what was bringing out in the book and to Sancho.