After Reading “Don Quixote” by Miguel de Cervantes and
“Candide” by Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire, I find myself interested in
“Don Quixote” more. Between the two stories that were read last week and then
discussed in class I can vison Cervantes writing much more vividly then
Voltaire’s. Cervantes overall voice spoken through the narrator gives insight
to the life of Don Quixote and allows us to see what Don Quixote sees along
with what it truly looks like.
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Seeing a wealthier older gentleman
live out a fantasy in his own life that he creates through his insanity of
“reading too much” places a whole new twist on literature for myself. The very
idea of insanity coming from reading to much, as well as seeing the metafiction
produced in the reading of “Don Quixote” creates a whole new world of reading
between the lines in someone else work. For example with the metafiction
blatantly given to us by the active voice of the narrator, we see a rundown inn
with prostitutes hanging out front. In
the eyes of the main character Don Quixote we see an astonished knight ride up
to a gorgeous castle flowing with beautiful ladies. In the mind of anyone who can
envision this scene can see the two different views and can clearly tell the
full craziness of Don Quixote in his mid-life crisis.
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After reading “Don Quixote” and writing about censorship and
the possibilities of what reading too much of one genre may possibly do to
someone’s mind is something I would have never given thought to before. Lots of
people talk about video games, movies and what television may do to your mind
but never have I thought of reading to fall into the category of causing
insanity. Cervantes work is most definitely thought provoking.
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