Part 1: Chapter 11. Why does Don Quixote try to fight with the sheep? What does he see them as?
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Part 1: Chapter 11. Why does Don Quixote try to fight with the sheep? What does he see them as?
The two travelers continue along their road and Sancho sees "two great flocks of sheep" in the distance. Quixote, on the other hand, sees two opposing armies preparing for battle‹and he aims to intervene and assist the weaker side. Sancho begs Don Quixote to abandon his plan and refrain from attacking the harmless sheep....Quixote intervenes and manages to slay about seven sheep with his lance before the shepherds and herdsmen pelt him with stones. His ribs are bruised and his teeth are knocked out. Check out this excerpt from the GradeSaver site listed below.
Source(s): http://www.gradesaver.com/don-quixote-book-i/study-guide/section4/
the book begins with Cervante's admission that the Don's "wits are gone." He is full of mistaken idealism and it deforms his ability to see things as they are.
Source(s): My own mind.
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