Don Quixote: Insane

The author relates social policy to Don Quixote. Don Quixote was addicted to the idea of being a hero; the knight in shining armor who saves the day. In his quest to fulfill his dream, he unknowingly made decisions that caused more harm than good. But the intentions were always pure of heart. So with respect to the ideology of the story of Don Quixote, there are different organizations, and policies, which believe that the policies, studies, or actions being taken are for the greater good. In reality the majority of them have caused more harm than good.

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Don Quixote is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. It follows the adventures 

of Alonso Quixano, a retired elderly man who develops a fascination with chivalrous novels 

eventually become delusional, believing everything written to be true and currently going on in 

the Spanish country side where he lives (La Mancha). The novel itself contains a narration of 

Quixote’s adventures. These adventures are broken up into “Sally’s”. The first Sally feature 

Quixote’s first “quests”. After setting out early in the morning Quixote eventually wanders his 

way to an inn that he believes to be a castle, he asks the innkeeper who he believe to be a lord to 

dub him a knight. Have very little money Quixote’s spend the night in the stable with his horse, 

where he starts a fight with muleteers who are attempting to water their mules. Quixote’s take 

attempts to remove his gear from the trough as a threat and attacks the men. As a result the 

innkeeper tell Quixote’s to leave.


 Quixote’s next quest is that of “frees” a boy who is tied to a tree and being beaten by his 

master. After freeing the boy Quixote’s makes the master promise on a chivalric code to treat the 

boy fairly, upon leaving the beaten continues worse then it had previously been. His final quest is 

to defend the honor of his imagined lover, from traders he met on the road. After picking a fight 

with the traders Quixote’s is left badly wounded on the side of the road. He is found and

The line you mentioned is one that caught my attention as well. It seems to be trying to show that just because something is not mentioned directly, does not mean that it is not there. It definitely brought to light the apparent ignorance of Don Quixote as well. While experience is definitely important, passion is just as important as well. However, I would have to agree with you that Don's passion outweighed his ability in this case. When you said "just because it is not in the books, does not mean that it doesn't exist", it reminded me of a quote by Carl Sagan when he stated " absence of evidence is not evidence of absence". Anyway, good job Robert on this post and thanks for sharing.

The video I chose to view is on the seriousness of addiction, titled Addiction is a Disease. We Should Treat it Like One by Michael Botticelli. In the video Michael discusses coming from a family with deep roots of addiction and how he used alcohol help cope with the insecurities of growing up as a gay child. Therefore, he began drinking at an early age and like many others his drinking took him to sorted places and engage in behaviors he would not have engaged in if not had impaired cognitions. Michael came out as being gay in the mid-eighties in the middle of stigmatized Aids epidemic, and today people who suffer from addiction issues (Substance Use Disorder) are stigmatized in the same manner.

A role of Don Quixote’s delusions is to provide a glimpse into a situation where the chivalric code is implemented. Don Quixote is mad at first glance:

In correlation of how Don Quixote relates to Clary Fray and the Mortal Instruments series, these are the explanation of themes and characterization of Don Quixote. As heroes go, Don Quixote is really a parody: he is delusional and goes on a guest thing he really is something but realistically his suit is made of rusted armor and trash. His horse, Rocinante, is an old steed. He is a tragic hero, goes on adventures just on the belief of how people will remember his adventures. Delusion is another one of the major themes that take place within this novel. The books that he received during novel were the books of Chivalry have left him with the inability to see reality. Later, in book I, he argues that the idealization of what would make a person an ideal person.

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While illiteracy is not something to boast about, Sancho certainly seems at an advantage to Don Quixote, whose reading has drove him “completely out of his mind” (Cervantes 392). Sancho, while sometimes a little naïve, at least has a good head on his shoulders and a sound mind. He sets his mind “upon becoming governor” of the island that Quixote promises him, and stays with him even through the ridiculous sheep attacks and windmill charges (Cervantes 412). The illiteracy is a handicap, in one way, because if Sancho had read all of the stories that Quixote had been referring to, he might have realized earlier that the man was crazy and that he should leave. The illiteracy is an advantage, however, because his brain might have become fried as

Cervantes uses numerous forms of craft such as, style and substance as well as using an ekphrastic device and burlesque to carry the story. The use of these devices helps to persuade the reader and give insight to the authors point of view. Substance is identified when the innkeeper asks Quixote if he has any money on him trying to scam Quixote, but when Quixote explains he does not; “to this the innkeeper retorted that he was deluding himself.” The reader now perceives the innkeeper as untrustworthy and conniving. The reader is able to feel Quixote’s desperation to become a true knight when he “called for the innkeeper and, shutting himself up with him in the stable, and fell upon his knees before him.”

I think Sancho goes crazy at times, as the story takes part, and we can see it in many part as he goes along, with his friend Don Quixote, where he is acting, as if he was in the same world of imagination as Don Quixote, the thing is that Sancho is a lot more cautious than our adventurous and risk taker friend Don Quixote, because Sancho is less for adventures, he is with Don Quixote for a particular propose and we well get to that as I present the facts that I have collected. Sancho in part of the story seems to have sort of craziness because the way he acts, or the way he makes particular stamens, and I want to refer to that as one specific part on when

Audience is considered the people the writers are talking to. You write accordingly to who your audience is. The writers say “you should engage your audience in a way that will invite them to feel receptive to your message.” (Pg. 129) In other .words, tone is used to bring forth your audience.

Everyone has some insanity inside them. Most shove it into the basement and lock the door, hoping it never breaks free. Other people have no such lock and allow it to mingle. In others still, it breaks the door down and rampages. To those people who attempt to hide their insanity, the other two groups are crazy, but to some degree, everyone is crazy. Cervantes’s character Don Quixote depicts a perfect example of an individual who embraces his insanity. Quixote is not crazy. He is living a dream every person has dreamt. He is like a kid adventuring outside, a man watching films, or a person seeking purpose. He desires to be something greater.

As Henry Rollins best stated, “You need a little bit of insanity to do great things”. In the story Don Quixote, written by Miguel De Cervantes, the main character has much controversy surrounding him, on if he is sane throughout the story or not. While many will believe that he is mentally ill and slowly becomes sane throughout the story, other believe that he indeed is sane the entire story, only pretending to ill. Although there is no definitive answer to this question, it can be quite evident to some, that Don Quixote is indeed sane and free of mental illness the entire time, from beginning to end. Why, some might ask?