Why was Don Quixote a role model for young kids?”
The character El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (“The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha”) promotes cross culture literacy and tangos with the ideas of truth, veracity and individualism. Used as inspiration by multiple artists and authors the works of Cervantes’ echo not just in the pages text but also the paintings, drawings, and music the character inspired.
Don Quixote is often nominated as one of the world’s greatest works of fiction.[1] Don Quixote’s importance in literature has produced a large and varied cultural and artistic legacy. Many artists have drawn inspiration either directly or indirectly from Cervantes’ work, including the painter Honoré Daumier, the composers Richard Strauss and Gara Garayev, the writer Henry Fielding, the novelist Milan Kundera and the filmmaker Terry Gilliam. .The cultural legacy of Don Quixote is one of the richest and most varied of any work of fiction ever produced. It stands in a unique position between medieval chivalric romance and the modern novel. The former consist of disconnected stories with little exploration of the inner life of even the main character. The latter are usually focused on the psychological evolution of their characters. In Part I, Quixote imposes himself on his environment. By Part II, people know about him through “having read his adventures,” and so, he needs to do less to m
