Monty Python's Life of Don The book has over a thousand pages and two parts, the second written later. This book is not The Bible, but Don Quixote. These are only two of the works' similarities. Michael Cervantes' uses Quixote's conflict of ostracism, Sancho Panza's characterization, and biblical allusions to craft Don Quixote as the bible of Knight-Errantry and to parody Christianity. Quixote's preaching of Knight-Errantry earns him pariah status. As Jesus traveled to spread Christianity, Quixote travels to spread Knight-Errantry. Jesus is ostracized and crucified because of his propagation while Quixote encounters similar conflicts throughout his promulgation. The goatherds disregard his 'Golden Age' speech, listening "without uttering …show more content…
The disciple Simon Peter has human flaws but is Jesus' faithful disciple. Quixote tells Panza that if he "exercis[es] any of [Knight-Errantry's] ministries" he can "sit by [Quixote's] side," but that Quixote is Panza's "natural lord and master." Quixote grants Panza the ability to "eat from [Quixote's] own plate and drink from [Quixote's] very own cup" (83), resembling how Jesus' disciples eat and drink Christ's body and blood. Quixote enables Panza to be his disciple, saying, "he that humbleth himself shall be exalted" (84), and giving himself disciple-determining power. As Simon Peter receives St. Peter's Cathedral for his dedication to Christ, Panza is promised an island for devotion to Quixote. Panza wishes that Quixote "win[s] some island of which he could make [Panza] the governor, as promised" (78). Panza remains below Quixote in Knight-Errantry status, hindered by his inability to "read or write". However, considering Panza has "never served a braver master than [Quixote]" he constitutes a proficient follower (79). Cervantes parodies Christianity through Sancho Panza and Simon Peter's resemblance, displayed even in their initials, by portraying Panza as a material-oriented