Don Quixote by Cervantes

This classic novel struck me as repetitive and disorganized and I was in a quandary about Quixote and Panza. After finishing it, I read about it and its construction and its critical acclaim. It is repetitive, with a second section retelling parts of the story in rejection of a plagiaristic printing after the writing of the first part.

In any case, here are my uninformed thoughts. Quixote is a fool who is wiser than he and his villagers know. Panza is down to earth, loyal, and gullible. Dulcinea is an essence, a non-existent beauty who represents an unattainable idea worth of a quest that gives meaning to an otherwise ordinary life. It seems that the author both mocks and loves Quixote and Panza, as we laugh at and with them we love them. Like Dulcinea, because of our love, the object of our love becomes beautiful.