In less than 2 weeks my children will be back at school. We started looking together at my older daughter's reading list provided by her 5th grade teacher before school ended (the kids were NOT supposed to read these over the summer).
One of the books my daughter is going to be reading this year is Don Quixote. Unbelievely, although I know the story, I've never read the book before. So I'm very much looking forward to reading it along with my daughter.
In the Discovery Channel video discussion that we checked out of the library, the discussion materials ask readers to compare Don Quixote to Amelia Earhart, Nelson Mandela, Susan B. Anthony, Mahatma Gandhi, John F. Kennedy, Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther King Jr., and Mother Theresa as real life examples of people who refused to abandon their dreams despite popular sentiment that those dreams were unattainable. The character Don Quixote, the notes suggest, is a protagonist who refuses to compromise his ideals in order to accomplish a greater good. The Discovery Channel discussion guide also asks readers to think about why people like Curasco feel a need to destroy illusions and dreams of those who do not subscribe to a practical approach to life.
Now let's all go out and tilt at one of the many windmills in our world today--homelessness, poverty, hunger, inequality, war and violence...etc.
Peace,
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