Re: The Library & The Death-Bed -- Great Books II

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Date Posted: 22:24:57 02/10/08 Sun
Author: tsawyer
Subject: Re: The Library & The Death-Bed
In reply to: ACGreen 's message, "The Library & The Death-Bed" on 04:12:23 02/10/08 Sun

I hadn't really considered those two scenes together (though technically I don't remember Sancho burning the books - forgive me if I'm wrong, but I lack my book presently...) but in both instances they seem to try to maintain some level of consistency around them. At first, DQ's conversion to knight-errantry strikes them as abnormal and thus worth avoiding. They are afraid of something different as it might change the comfortable normality of their lives. They hide behind a distaste for Quixote's intentions to become a knight, yes, but if this was their true motive, they would be satisfied with his late-found sanity rather than dismayed by it.

Whether intentional or not (how good was Cervantes?), the point seems to be that people want things to "stay the same." Quixote consistently frightens people or gives unfavorable responses because he is unafraid to challenge normal things, things which are "real." Perhaps this is the root of madness. Perhaps it is a quality to seek after rather than one to be avoided...

Are they afraid of ideas or actions?

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