This commentary of Don Quixote was done by Wisecrack of Thug Notes. He first goes through a short summary of the book, and then he analyzes the major events of the story. Quejano gets super obsessed with chivalry and knights. He spent all of his time reading books about it and eventually lost his mind. He decides to do what the majority of his books are about and wants to right all the world’s wrong. He got beat up a lot and a bunch of people burn his books to try and stop his antics. That doesn’t really work out because he picks up Sancho and travels around and even fights windmills. Dante eventually gives up Don Quixote and dies quietly.
One of the major themes about Don Quixote is deception. Throughout the book, Sancho constantly got out of things that he didn’t want to do by messing with his head. The Duke and the Duchess fooled both Don Quixote and Sancho, and Carasco managed to fool Don Quixote twice by dressing up and calling himself a knight. The book also emphasized how quickly life can change and how it’s always going to end. For example, Sancho is able to govern his “kingdom” for a short while but realizes that it really isn’t his thing. The very next day, he falls into a pit. There is no on there to help him out of the pit. Even though Don Quixote isnt “real,” savante was able to bring a lot of good characteristics such as integrity, persistence, and loyalty to the world.