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Who knights Don Quixote?

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In the novel "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote is knighted by an innkeeper who humorously plays along with Quixote's delusion of being a knight-errant. The innkeeper dubs him as a knight in a mock ceremony, further fueling Quixote's adventurous spirit.

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He is the 'hero' of a novel and its sequel by Miguel de Cervantes. After becoming illusioned by Fairy Tales of chivalry, he sets out on an adventure which includes him doing many rather foolish things: * charging windmills (in his belief that they were giants), * attacking a group of muleteers (because they wanted to use a watering trough for that purpose, not as a table), * being knighted by the lord of a castle (actually an innkeeper in his inn), * and battling with traders for insulting his (imaginary) friend. Further information can be found at the related links.

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Alonso Quixano, a retired country gentleman in his fifties, lives in an unnamed section of La Mancha with his niece and a housekeeper. He has become obsessed with books of chivalry, and believes their every word to be true, despite the fact that many of the events in them are clearly impossible. Quixano eventually appears to other people to have lost his mind from little sleep and food and because of so much reading.He decides to go out as a knight-errant in search of adventure. He dons an old suit of armor, renames himself "Don Quixote de la Mancha," and names his skinny horse "Rocinante." He designates a neighboring farm girl, Aldonza Lorenzo, as his lady love, renaming her Dulcinea del Toboso, while she knows nothing about this. Eventually, he "acquires" his iconic "helmet."

He sets out in the early morning and ends up at an inn, which he believes to be a castle. He asks the innkeeper, who he thinks to be the lord of the castle, to dub him a knight. He spends the night holding vigil over his armor, where he becomes involved in a fight with muleteers who try to remove his armor from the horse trough so that they can water their mules. The innkeeper then "dubs" him a knight, and sends him on his way. Don Quixote battles with traders from Toledo, who "insult" the imaginary Dulcinea, and he also frees a young boy who is tied to a tree by his master because the boy had the audacity to ask his master for the wages the boy had earned but had not yet been paid. Don Quixote is returned to his home by a neighboring peasant, Pedro Crespo.Back at home, Don Quixote plots an escape. Meanwhile, his niece, the housekeeper, the parish curate, and the local barber secretly burn most of the books of chivalry, and seal up his library pretending that a magician has carried it off. Don Quixote approaches another neighbour, Sancho Panza, and asks him to be his squire, promising him governorship of an island. The rather dull-witted Sancho agrees, and the pair sneak off in the early dawn. It is here that their series of famous adventures begin, starting with Don Quixote's attack on windmills that he believes to be ferocious giants.Although the two parts are now normally published as a single work, Don Quixote, Part Two was actually a sequel to the original novel. The Don and Sancho are now assumed to be famous throughout the land because of the adventures recounted in the original novel. While the original novel was almost completely farcical, the second half is serious and philosophical about the theme of deception. Don Quixote's imaginings are made the butt of outrageously cruel practical jokes carried out by wealthy patrons. Even Sancho is unintentionally forced to deceive him at one point. Trapped into finding Dulcinea, Sancho brings back three peasant girls and tells Quixote that they are Dulcinea and her ladies-in-waiting. When Don Quixote only sees three peasant girls, Sancho pretends that Quixote suffers from a cruel spell which does not permit him to see the truth. Sancho eventually gets his imaginary island governorship and unexpectedly proves to be wise and practical; though this, too, ends in disaster.The cruel practical jokes eventually lead Don Quixote to a great melancholy. The novel ends with Don Quixote regaining his full sanity, and renouncing all chivalry. But, the melancholy remains, and grows worse. Sancho tries to restore his quixotic faith, but his attempt to resurrect Alonso's quixotic alter-ego fails, and Alonso Quixano dies: sane and broken

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An old man that is about 50, he starts reading knight books then starts thinking he's a knight. He begins doing things like a knight. He fixed his helmet with cardboard and thought his horse was big and strong when it wasn't.

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Essentially it's about Alonso Quixano, a man in his late fifties who lives with his niece and housekeeper. He is obsessed with books and believes every word is written truth. He becomes insane and mentally unsound from the written word. Because of his obsessions, he goes on "quests" eventually becoming a knight and rescuing people. He eventually comes to the conclusion that every thing is not what it seems and ends up dying a sane man.

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Don Quixote, also known as Don Quijote, is a 55 year old man who read books about knights in armor and chivalry. He becomes insane from reading the books and travels around with his squire, Sancho Panza. Don Quijote tries to defeat "giants" that he sees. They are really normal objects that he imagines are giants that he must defeat. He does all of these adventures for his princess, Doña Dulcinea de Toboso.

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In the middle of dinner during chapter 3, Don Quixote realizes that he has not been properly knighted. He begs the innkeeper to do him the honor. The innkeeper notes Don Quixote's madness but agrees to his request for the sake of sport.

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Don Quixote of La Mancha is the name adopted by the lesser noble Alonso Quijano upon his decision to become a knight errant.

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Don Quixote is really Alonso Quijano and was created by Miguel de Cervantes .

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Don Quixote's sidekick is Sancho Panza.

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