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My reaction on Insulabarataria

Introduction

Insulabarataria is with no suspicion one of the most-cited and best-known interludes of Miquel seminal work. Firstly, the episode can be mainly seen as the comedic realization of Sancho’s yearning for a better situation, with the bad ending where Sancho flees Barataria hungry and demoralized an aspect that makes the reader assume that his failure, made him flee. Yet, it is clearly evident that the event functions as an examination of the circumstances and the limits of good governance, and the aspects required for a ruler who hopes to establish lawful authority over a community. Sancho’s own understanding regarding his governance is split among his duty of being a representative of the law and the individual rewards he hopes to gain from his new gained position of power (THE BEDFORD ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD LITERATURE, 131). First and foremost, he performs in a way that many never expected, by giving insightful judgment, which earn him the genuine admiration of the citizens of the make believe island. Hunger and cowardice are the aspect they use in the second aspect as a way of unravelling the doomed fantasy they had made for Sancho. Don Quixote takes on the role of a counselor and reflects ironically upon the governance of Sancho (THE BEDFORD ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD LITERATURE, 134).

Don Quixote acts as a counselor and tries to urge the prince ways in which he could rule to gain the favor of the people. This is an aspect that he frames and says that should be emulated from Sancho. Sancho’s own understanding regarding his governance is split among his duty of being a representative of the law and the individual rewards he hopes to gain from his new gained position of power. Based on this aspect it’s quite clearly that Sancho wanted to gain more from ruling and also lead his people well. This is an aspect that could not be achieved as you have top clearly serve the people or money. This is ironical as Don Quixote tries to tell the prince to emulate Sancho. The fact that Sancho flees Barataria hungry and demoralized an aspect that makes the reader assumes that his failure, made him flee. This is an aspect that makes Don Quixote tell the prince that if he rules like and follows the leadership styles of Sancho, then he was also going to flee as a result of hunger and failure (THE BEDFORD ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD LITERATURE, 137).

Work Cited

THE BEDFORD ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD LITERATURE (03)—Books 1, 2, & 3, (The Ancient World through the Early Modern World), Davis, Harrison, Johnson, Smith, Crawford, Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2003 Read Bedford (3) Machiavelli p. 120-139; Don Quixote p. 323-383