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Date Posted: 20:18:40 02/07/08 Thu
Author: athistleton
Subject: Re: Irony in the last chapter
In reply to: Kayla Hoyt 's message, "Irony in the last chapter" on 00:09:23 02/07/08 Thu

Well, we kind of covered this in class. But I really take him seriously in this chapter. I really think Cervantes completely changes Quixote in this scene. And the books he is referring to aren't any other kind of literary fiction that will get him caught up in a fake reality. His comment here was really just to prove that he understood that the kind of books he was reading were a waste and that he wishes he had realized this earlier and read something better for his mind and soul, like the Bible or other books that would actually profit him as a human being. I don't think this scene was meant to be funny at all. Quixote really does denounce his chivalry books and goes "sane."

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Re: Irony in the last chapter -- jmcneill, 14:19:45 02/10/08 Sun