A classic by Miguel de Cervantes about a man inspired by cavalry books that leaves in search for adventure. He is accompanied by his servant Sancho Panza, by his horse Rocinante and by Sancho's mull. Things don't turn out as expected and they end up having three major adventures, Sancho becomes the governor of an island. Don Quixote changes from the Knight of the Sad Face to the Knight of the Lion because he defeats a lion he encounters on the way. There are some funny parts. I think Don Quixote is a good man but he is deluded.
The most famous quote:
Just then they came in sight of thirty or forty windmills that rise from that plain. And no sooner did Don Quixote see them that he said to his squire, "Fortune is guiding our affairs better than we ourselves could have wished. Do you see over yonder, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking giants? I intend to do battle with them and slay them. With their spoils we shall begin to be rich for this is a righteous war and the removal of so foul a brood from off the face of the earth is a service God will bless."
"What giants?" asked Sancho Panza.
"Those you see over there," replied his master, "with their long arms. Some of them have arms well nigh two leagues in length."
"Take care, sir," cried Sancho. "Those over there are not giants but windmills. Those things that seem to be their arms are sails which, when they are whirled around by the wind, turn the millstone.
