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...t II that he was always trying to test his manhood in bizarre ways. Even Sancho tried to be his reasoning, but ironic as it is, he never actually accomplishes stopping him. The other spectrum offers a better conclusion to the lion-taming incident. Proclaiming himself ‘King of the Lions’ is a modest statement for someone who just saw a lion stretch and sit down right in front of him. Pathetic is a rather strong word for Don Quixote, but this is truly a case where his pride came before everything else. I envisioned Don Quixote to be this epic story of a man battling his way to the top, like in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. In this sequence of events, he was no where near this high honor or valor. However, what shocked me was when he approached the man about his son studying poetry. Don Quixote encouraged the father to allow his son to study poetry, as the man insisted he should be studying something honorable like Law or Theology. I was thinking at this point that he was going to do something to rectify the seriousness of the situation and humiliate himself. However, his speech was good and he barely did things wrong, suggesting this was in a comical manner. Chapter...