Dzoni90 Posted June 18, 2017 Posted June 18, 2017 (edited) "Don Quixote" is one of the most influential book of all time and one of my favorite. I represent to you the most popular scene from this fantastic work of literature. Quote Just then they came in sight of thirty or forty windmills that rise from that plain. And no sooner did Don Quixote see them that he said to his squire, "Fortune is guiding our affairs better than we ourselves could have wished. Do you see over yonder, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking giants? I intend to do battle with them and slay them. With their spoils we shall begin to be rich for this is a righteous war and the removal of so foul a brood from off the face of the earth is a service God will bless." "What giants?" asked Sancho Panza. "Those you see over there," replied his master, "with their long arms. Some of them have arms well nigh two leagues in length." "Take care, sir," cried Sancho. "Those over there are not giants but windmills. Those things that seem to be their arms are sails which, when they are whirled around by the wind, turn the millstone." Expand Don Quixote by Nikola Đurić, on Flickr Don Quixote by Nikola Đurić, on Flickr Don Quixote by Nikola Đurić, on Flickr Don Quixote by Nikola Đurić, on Flickr Don Quixote by Nikola Đurić, on Flickr Edited June 18, 2017 by Dzoni90 Quote
icm Posted June 19, 2017 Posted June 19, 2017 I like the techniques for the plowed earth, Don Quijote's legs, Sancho's mule, and the windmill itself; I could never do such a nice tower and door myself. But aren't the sails a bit too short to catch the poor man upside the head and knock him off his horse? Coincidentally, I'm reading Don Quijote in Spanish right now. Since it's not my native language, it's slow going. I have to look up a new word every third or fourth line. Cervantes makes it worthwhile, though. Quote
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