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Date Posted: 22:46:13 02/09/08 Sat
Author: ACGreen
Subject: Re: Don Quixote the Optimist
In reply to: Sarah Ferens 's message, "Don Quixote the Optimist" on 23:58:38 02/03/08 Sun

I think this is an interesting observation, and there are certainly several situations and passages throughout the book where I would agree. However, I think this view may be a little too broad and absolute in the sense that sometimes things don�t completely follow this model. For example, he often believes things to have been changed into something worse, not better (however several instances in the novel cause this to be a matter of opinion, like having giants turned into windmills, where one would see that as a positive even though Quixote sees it as a curse). As well, I think his endeavour is not necessarily purely to correct and fix the world around him, though he does show glimpses of this, but instead to just spread knight-errantry because he is so enthralled with this as a way of life, not necessarily because he thinks it�s what�s best for everyone he encounters.

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Re: Don Quixote the Optimist -- CLeJeune, 23:55:00 02/10/08 Sun