>external source of lifeforce
>outliers
Ask any U.S. Marine what the Eagle, Globe and Anchor stands for. From the cross on the top of an officer’s cover to the blood stripe on a corporal’s trouser. Why such a focus on tradition?
He is best known for his novel Don Quixote, a work often cited as both the first modern novel and one of the pinnacles of world literature.
In 1569, Cervantes was forced to leave Spain and moved to Rome, where he worked in the household of a cardinal. In 1570, he enlisted in a Spanish Navy infantry regiment, and was badly wounded at the Battle of Lepanto in October 1571. He served as a soldier until 1575, when he was captured by Barbary pirates; after five years in captivity, he was ransomed, and returned to Madrid.
Cervantes supplied in its place a description of himself:
"This person whom you see here, with an oval visage, chestnut hair, smooth open forehead, lively eyes, a hooked but well-proportioned nose, and silvery beard that twenty years ago was golden, large moustache, small mouth, teeth not much to speak of, for he has only six, in bad condition and worse placed, no two of them corresponding to each other, a figure midway between the two extremes, neither tall nor short, a vivid complexion, rather fair than dark, somewhat stooped in the shoulders, and not very lightfooted."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dialogue_of_the_Dogs
Berganza's story begins with the description of life in a slaughter house in Seville, where he was born. He gives a lot of details about the doings of the underworld, its thieves, and its villains. Scipio adds comments and gives advice on how to narrate a story properly: If you’re going to take this long to describe the condition of the masters you’ve had and the failings of their professions, […] I want to point something out to you, and you’ll see the truth of it when I relate my life story. Some stories are intrinsically appealing, others are made appealing in the way they are told.
>Some stories are intrinsically appealing, others are made appealing in the way they are told.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote
When I first started reading the Quixote I thought it was the most tragic book in the world, and I would read it and weep. As I grew older, my skin grew thicker, and so when I was working on the translation I was actually sitting at my computer and laughing out loud. This is done, as Cervantes did it, by never letting the reader rest. You are never certain that you truly got it. Because as soon as you think you understand something, Cervantes introduces something that contradicts your premise.
>I was actually sitting at my computer and laughing out loud.
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>A lot is revealed about a person, by their interpretation of who/what Quixote was.
>DOUGH