Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote occupies a unique place in world literature because it is at once a comic narrative, a satire of chivalric romance, a philosophical enquiry into reality and illusion, and a deeply human study of idealism. The novel does not merely tell the story of a man who mistakes the ordinary world for the heroic world of books. It examines how human beings construct meaning, how literature shapes consciousness, and how society responds to those who refuse to accept its narro...