Several times he had to correct one of the goatherd’s use of vocabulary, eventually to the point that the goatherd demanded he stop, “’You mean Methuselah’ replied Don Quixote, unable to tolerate the goatherd’s confusion of words…Pedro responded, ‘and if Señor, you keep correcting every word I say, we won’t finish in a year’” (Grossman, pg. 83). Aside from his intellectual knowledge, Quixote also seemed to be more rational than the goatherds. With regards to the context of the conversation, he was much more in touch with taking the opinion of women into account, believing that his goal is to preserve the free will of women, while the other men were much more focused on their own desires. The goatherds may not play a large role over the span of this lengthy novel; however, they do show Don Quixote in a positive light. The foolishness of these men in believing that Marcela killed their friend is emphasized by the more reasonable beliefs of Don
Several times he had to correct one of the goatherd’s use of vocabulary, eventually to the point that the goatherd demanded he stop, “’You mean Methuselah’ replied Don Quixote, unable to tolerate the goatherd’s confusion of words…Pedro responded, ‘and if Señor, you keep correcting every word I say, we won’t finish in a year’” (Grossman, pg. 83). Aside from his intellectual knowledge, Quixote also seemed to be more rational than the goatherds. With regards to the context of the conversation, he was much more in touch with taking the opinion of women into account, believing that his goal is to preserve the free will of women, while the other men were much more focused on their own desires. The goatherds may not play a large role over the span of this lengthy novel; however, they do show Don Quixote in a positive light. The foolishness of these men in believing that Marcela killed their friend is emphasized by the more reasonable beliefs of Don