Can we change the world? For the first time in a European narrative, a fictional character rebels against his role,
changes his surroundings and is simultaneously changed by them. This is one of the works in the history of universal
literature. In 1505, in his monumental work, Cervantes contributed the first great modern character. Influenced by his readings of medieval literature, Quijote puts reason aside and goes out into the world in search of his own fame. The conflict with
reality, which has displeased Quijote, has allowed him to create a new world where reality and fiction are intermingled in a way that presents Quijote as a madman, when it fact it gives us the ability to make dreams possible. Never has the line between insanity and genius been so close as in the acts of this genius character. The character surpasses the action. Up to that point, soldiers, lovers, bards, heroes and dragoons were written into the story to follow the chronology, where they limited themselves to developing the action that was was demanded of them. Cervantes creates complete characters who evolve and and not simply placed in the story. They pass from one state to an other and are not the same at the end of the story as they were in the beginning. They are real, with fears and weaknesses, but they are capable of finding the most insignificant detail to justify the continuation of their adventures. Quijote and Sancho walk through a complex world that they don''t understand, but they overcome it. He creates a parallel reality where everything makes more sense to him and is evidently more confusing for everyone else. The story doesn''t only recreate reality but it also tends to replace it. While the humor is absolutely impeccable, it''s ironic at the same time, equipped with the absurd necessity to fit in story in a most precise way, equipping the setting with a formative narrative force.