He wrote some poetry for the death of Elizabeth of Valois. She was the wife of the Spanish king Philip II. Then the following year he put his poetry aside and picked up a weapon instead. He had joined the Spanish military unit in Italy. He was greatly known for his bravery and courage. He was stationed on the ship La Marquesa. A big fight in his life was with the Ottoman Empire. In that battle he got serious injuries. He got two chest injuries and his left hand was completely maimed. Despite all those terrible wounds he still kept working and serving in the …show more content…
The job of that person was to collect grain supplies from very rural communities. In one occasion people did not want to provide their goods to miguel so he ended up in prison again two times. During that time in prison he began writing one of literature's greatest masterpieces. The novel consisted of two volumes. The first volume he published in 1605 and the second he published in 1615. The novel talks about how an old man goes on an adventure seeking a braves knights quest. Then the man gets lost in his own little fantasy world. He convinces himself that he is the brave knight going on these adventures. He also convinces a poor peasant, Sancho Panza, to be his very own squire. It also talks about how he gets in a fight with a windmill thinking it was a big giant. Surely at the end of the novel the man regains his