Don Quixote | Topics for Discussion

1. Don Quixote often argues that things are not always what they may seem. Pick a scene in the novel where this happens and decide what is real and what is apparent.

2. Choose any scene in the novel that makes you laugh. What are the humorous elements in the scene you have chosen?

3. In Part I, chapter 8, Cervantes suddenly breaks off the story in the middle of a fight between Don Quixote and a Basque. Do you find this irritating or thought-provoking? Why?

4. Is Don Quixote a fool or a hero? Is he out of touch with his times?

5. Is Sancho Panza a heartless...

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