Summary

Quotes

In short, his wits being quite gone, he hit upon the strangest notion that ever madman in this world hit upon, and that was that he fancied it was right and requisite, as well for the support of his own honour as for the service of his country, that he should make a knight-errant of himself, roaming the world over in full armour and on horseback in quest of adventures, and putting in practice himself all that he had read of as being the usual practices of knights-errant; righting every kind of wrong, and exposing himself to peril and danger from which, in the issue, he was to reap eternal renown and fame.

Personal Reflections

• I have an interesting history with this novel. When I was a kid, around 5th or 6th grade, I was forced to read this book as a punishment for not getting AB honor roll I think. My dad decided that during that 9-week grounding time I would be reading Don Quixote, which only led to me hating the damn novel despite not being able to remember anything about the story after I finished reading it. I actively avoided it for the rest of my life and talked mad shit about it. However I decided to greet my old nemesis as an adult and see what the book was all about since I had no recollection of the story at all, and boy am I glad I did. I relate to the story so much, I AM Don Quixote. All these years I could have had this wonderful story in my life, and I didn't because my parents are weird.