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**Don Quixote De La Mancha ** **By: Miguel Cervantes**

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====As they were thus discoursing, they came in sight of thirty or forty wind-mills, which are in that plain ; and, as soon as  Don Quixote espied them, he said to his squire : " Fortune disposes our affairs better than we ourselves could have desired : look yonder, friend Sancho Panza, where thou mayest discover somewhat more than thirty monstrous giants, whom I intend to encounter and slay ; and with their spoils we will begin to enrich ourselves : for it is lawful war, and doing God good service to remove so wicked a generation from oft" the face of the earth." " What giants ?" said Sancho Panza. " Those thou seest yonder," answered his master, "with their long arms; for some are wont to have them almost of the length of two leagues." " Look, sir," answered Sancho, " those, which appear yonder, are not giants, but wind-mills ; and what seem to be arms are the sails, which, whirled about by the wind, make the millstone go." " It is very evident," answered Don Quixote, " that thou art not versed in the business of adventures : they are giants : and, if thou art afraid, get thee aside and pray, whilst I engage with them in fierce and unequal combat." So saying, he clapped spurs to his steed, notwithstanding the cries his squire sent after him, assuring him that they were certainly wind-mills, and not giants. But he was so fully possessed that they were giants that he neither heard the outcries of his squire Sancho, nor yet discerned what they were, though he was very near them, but went on crying out aloud : " Fly not, ye cowards and vile caitiffs ; for it is a single knight who assaults you." The wind now rising a little, the great sails began to move : upon which Don Quixote called out : " Although ye should move more arms than the giant Briareus, ye shall pay for it." ====



**__Purpose: __** Miguel Cervantes author of Don Quixote De La Mancha, he uses this novel to mock and ridicule mythological chivalric romances. However Cervantes' main purpose for writing this parody was to inform the reader that humans should not have been paying attention to fictitious and useless stories that wouldn't benefit us in any way or affect us in any positive or negative way. Cervantes through the novel wanted the reader to realize that instead of one fantasizing in fictional adventures, one could worry about real life problems that could significantly affect us and shape our lives in better ways. One may comprehend that people in Cervantes time were losing themselves in mythology and were completely neglecting their daily chores just as Don Quixote did in the story. Cervantes uses parody to show the flaws in knights of mythology chivalry romances. Instead of fighting a worthy opponent to win the love of his lady, Don Quixote attempts to fight windmills’, thinking they are monsters and giants. He also uses a donkey instead of a horse, and foolishly tries to imitate the way they talk. Therefore, he uses parody to inform readers that these chivalry romances should not blind a person to fictional nonsense instead of doing ones duties.