Faith is defined by Merriam-Webster as the “belief and trust in and loyalty to God; belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion; firm belief in something for which there is no proof; complete trust.” Commonly, faith is noted as “believing without seeing.” Many people of faith, use the faith that they possess as a moral compass, a way to go about life. Faith becomes their reason to live. Nevertheless, one must recognise that there is a very fine line between insanity and faith. As seen in the modern novel, “Don Quixote” by Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote uses what he has learned from his books about chivalry to guide his life. Many question whether Don Quixote was crazy or not. Nevertheless, the reader should label Don Quixote as a man of faith rather than an insane man. The word “insane” has become synonymous with many words such as violent, psychopathic, crazy, as well …show more content…
Don Quixote’s outlook of life spawned from reading books about chivalry. These lessons became his faith. He began to live and speak in ways becoming of a knight-errant, just as Christians, Jews, and Muslims read their holy books and speak and live in ways becoming of a child of G-d. When these people are questioned for their faiths, they make up rationales. Don Quixote, when questioned or corrected, often makes up excuses or blame the person in some way for not being able to see what he sees. For example, when Don Quixote exclaimed that the giants were attacking, Sancho corrects him by saying that they are just windmills. Don Quixote then replies, “"Obviously… you don't know much about adventures.” Don Quixote has faith in his adventures and in chivalry. Those around him label him as insane and crazy. It was not until the end, however, that one person, Sancho, realised the importance of Don Quixote’s