Characters
This man becomes a knight because he reads too many books.
Don Quixote de la Mancha
He mistakes windmills for these
giants
These are the types of books that inspire (and confuse) him
books about knights and chivalry
Sancho’s job or role to Don Quixote
squire
At the start of Chapter 1, Don Quixote renames himself this
Don Quixote de la Mancha
He becomes Don Quixote’s loyal squire
Sancho Panza
Don Quixote challenges this animal, which ends up lying down and ignoring him
a lion
He believes knights should always do this for people who are weaker
protect them
Sancho balances Don Quixote because he is this kind of thinker.
practical (or realistic)
After Don Quixote rides away, this happens to the boy he tried to rescue
the rich man punishes him worse
This young man visits Don Quixote and tells him he’s famous
Samson Carrasco
Freed by Don Quixote, these people thank him by throwing rocks at him
the prisoners
His imagination turns these into adventures or dangers
ordinary things
He tricks Don Quixote by saying the farm girls are actually these.
enchanted princesses
Don Quixote believes he is already famous because of this surprising thing
a book written about him
This character disguises himself as the Knight of the Wood
Samson Carrasco
Don Quixote thinks this ordinary building is a magnificent castle
an inn
He thinks an African princess needs him because of a trick played by these two people
barber and the priest
Sancho constantly reminds Don Quixote of this reward he was promised
ruling an island
Don Quixote spends this long recovering at home before new adventures begin
one month
She is the woman Don Quixote believes he serves, even though she never actually appears
Dulcinea
In a duel with the Knight of the Wood, Don Quixote does this
wins the duel
Don Quixote calls himself this after the lion incident
Knight of the Lions
Sancho buys and puts this in Don Quixote's helmet
cottage cheese
One major theme: imagination is powerful but can also do this
mislead us