Don Quixote feels great gratitude for the hospitality of the new Arcadians, who, notably, do not mock the valorous knight whose history they have all read. At last Don Quixote has found a group of people who are as eager as he to reestablish the "Golden Age," a peaceful, high-idealed society. Thus Don Quixote stands boldly at the highway crossing and challenges the world to disagree with this new society. Wild cattle, however, trample the brave challenger, and when Don Quixote recognizes that they are vile beasts, not enchanters, it is obvious that Cervantes is leading his hero further into disillusionment. With the beginning of sanity, Don Quixote unconsciously prepares himself for death.
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