Don Quixote's Quest

Don Quixote is a hero because of his persistence to succeed. Although Quixote wants to become a hero in his lifetime, instead he becomes a hero who has lived four hundred years later. Quixote models himself after all the knights he reads about. For example, Quixote dedicates the village whore Aldonza Lorenzo, who he names Dulcinea of Toboso, to be his courtly love. Like most heroes and knights, Quixote has a quest he must go on but challenges arise along the way. Among these challenges Quixote attacks windmills he believes are four armed giants; although he is unsuccessful in defeating the so-called giants, he still does not lose the motivation to finish his quest. Quixote’s persistence to complete his quest makes him a hero because he will