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Don Quixote

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Explore the idea/theme of madness in the passages from the assigned Don Quixote readings. Is he a madman? Or, as some have suggested, is he merely bored? He reads, and reads, and reads his books. What does madness really look like? Does he perhaps just have a warped sense of reality? Consider: “In many ways, Don Quixote is a novel about how Don Quixote perceives theworld and about how other characters perceive Don Quixote. His tendency to transform everydaypeople and objects into more dramatic, epic, and fantastic versions of themselves forces those around him to choose between adapting to his imaginary world or opposing.

 

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Choose 2 questions to answer
1. In addition to serving as a parody of “romance” novels, Don Quixote also ingeniously parodies certain aspects of his own culture. Find a section in the text that does this and write a paragraph about it.

2. For you, what was the most thought-provoking section of the text? Why?

3. Why do you think the character of Don Quixote remans so popular today?

4.Were you sad to read the final pages of Don Quixote? Why or why not?

Course Content
Week Seven: July 11-July 17
Authors covered: Miguel de Cervantes

Once you’ve finished the reading, please check the discussion boards. The questions this time are rather open-ended, focusing on your experience of reading the text. Feel free to connect your experience with Don Quixote to other texts we’ve read for the course. Please respond to two of these questions with two paragraphs for each response. Also, respond to two of your classmates’ posts.

Discussion questions for Week Seven:
1. In addition to serving as a parody of “romance” novels, Don Quixote also ingeniously parodies certain aspects of his very own culture. Find a section in the text that does this and write a paragraph about it.
2. For you, what was the most thought-provoking section of the text? Why?
3. Why do you think the character of Don Quixote remains so popular today?
4. Were you sad to read the final pages of Don Quixote? Why or why not