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It\'s a while since I read \'\'Don Quixote\'\', so I don\'t remember whether and how often the term \
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It\\\'s a while since I read \\\'\\\'Don Quixote\\\'\\\', so I don\\\'t remember whether and how often the term \\\"Knight Errant\\\" is actually used. But it\\\'s obvious that Don Quixote tries to live the life of a Knight Errant, and in doing so, inadvertently exposes the inherent silliness of being a Knight Errant. \\\\\\\\
Don Quixote never ever comes upon \\\"enemies\\\" that are worth fighting -- instead he attacks a herd of cattle that he takes for a hostile army, windmills that he thinks are giants, and innocent travellers that he mistakes for challengers. Neither does he ever find people that need or deserve his help -- there is the episode where he frees a bunch of convicted galley slaves; however, instead of honoring his chivalric deed, they just deride him and pelt him with stones (they\\\'re criminals, after all). Also, he hardly ever finds the castles that Knight Errants are supposed to hit upon on their adventures, and instead takes a tavern for a castle, and so on.-- \\\\\\\\
In other words, his chivalric ideals and his expectations of what the life of a Knight Errant would be frequently clash with reality, and he does more harm than good in trying to help people. \\\\\\\\
That Don Quixote is the only one that believes himself to be a \\\'real\\\' Knight Errant is, in my opinion, no hindrance. I\\\'d still count it as a deconstruction.
Don Quixote never ever comes upon \\\"enemies\\\" that are worth fighting -- instead he attacks a herd of cattle that he takes for a hostile army, windmills that he thinks are giants, and innocent travellers that he mistakes for challengers. Neither does he ever find people that need or deserve his help -- there is the episode where he frees a bunch of convicted galley slaves; however, instead of honoring his chivalric deed, they just deride him and pelt him with stones (they\\\'re criminals, after all). Also, he hardly ever finds the castles that Knight Errants are supposed to hit upon on their adventures, and instead takes a tavern for a castle, and so on.-- \\\\\\\\
In other words, his chivalric ideals and his expectations of what the life of a Knight Errant would be frequently clash with reality, and he does more harm than good in trying to help people. \\\\\\\\
That Don Quixote is the only one that believes himself to be a \\\'real\\\' Knight Errant is, in my opinion, no hindrance. I\\\'d still count it as a deconstruction.
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It\'s a while since I read \'\'Don Quixote\'\', so I don\'t remember whether and how often the term \
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It\\\'s a while since I read \\\'\\\'Don Quixote\\\'\\\', so I don\\\'t remember whether and how often the term \\\"Knight Errant\\\" is actually used. But it\\\'s obvious that Don Quixote tries to live the life of a Knight Errant, and in doing so, inadvertently exposes the inherent silliness of being a Knight Errant. \\\\\\\\
Don Quixote never ever comes upon \\\"enemies\\\" that are worth fighting -- instead he attacks a herd of cattle that he takes for a hostile army, windmills that he thinks are giants, and innocent travellers that he mistakes for challengers. Neither does he ever find people that need or deserve his help -- there is the episode where he frees a bunch of convicted galley slaves; however, instead of honoring his chivalric deed, they just deride him and pelt him with stones (they\\\'re criminals, after all). Also, he hardly ever finds the castles that Knight Errants are supposed to hit upon on their adventures, and instead takes a tavern for a castle, and so on.-- \\\\\\\\
That Don Quixote is the only one that believes himself to be a \\\'real\\\' Knight Errant is, in my opinion, no hindrance. I\\\'d still count it as a deconstruction.
Don Quixote never ever comes upon \\\"enemies\\\" that are worth fighting -- instead he attacks a herd of cattle that he takes for a hostile army, windmills that he thinks are giants, and innocent travellers that he mistakes for challengers. Neither does he ever find people that need or deserve his help -- there is the episode where he frees a bunch of convicted galley slaves; however, instead of honoring his chivalric deed, they just deride him and pelt him with stones (they\\\'re criminals, after all). Also, he hardly ever finds the castles that Knight Errants are supposed to hit upon on their adventures, and instead takes a tavern for a castle, and so on.-- \\\\\\\\
That Don Quixote is the only one that believes himself to be a \\\'real\\\' Knight Errant is, in my opinion, no hindrance. I\\\'d still count it as a deconstruction.
