Don Quixote (11 - 31)
I did not understand the sonnets preceding chapter 1, so I will research their purpose at a later date. It references Dulcinea, Rocinante, and Sancho, so they're not sonnets by other authors.
The prologue was surprisingly funny. I know DQ is a comedy, but I find myself surprised that I'm laughing at a centuries-old book. Same for chapter 1, especially the description of DQ fashioning a helmet for his adventures. Making it first out of cardboard, destroying it with his sword as he tested it, and then refusing to test his second iron-bar attempt? That was amusing.
That's all I have for now.
The prologue was surprisingly funny. I know DQ is a comedy, but I find myself surprised that I'm laughing at a centuries-old book. Same for chapter 1, especially the description of DQ fashioning a helmet for his adventures. Making it first out of cardboard, destroying it with his sword as he tested it, and then refusing to test his second iron-bar attempt? That was amusing.
That's all I have for now.
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