In Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's novel Don Quixote, there are present changes and development that the characters undergo. While the two main characters Don Quixote and Sancho Panza develop their own unique personality throughout the novel, they also influence each other and incorporate beliefs of one another. As Salvador de Madariaga described, "Quixotification" and "Sanchification" is the outcome of continuous influence of the two characters to the point of a role switch through their goals, mental states, and dialogues. Sancho inadvertently steps up to become the wise leader while Don Quixote transforms from the courageous knight to a feeble useless man. Cervantes' purpose is to reveal the thin barrier between society's classes, where class divisions could also relate and influence one another.
             Don Quixote and Sancho Panza represent two completely different types of characters whose goals decide their actions. It is quite obvious to distinguish the two because they both have different motivations to allow for them to continue on with their journey. Don Quixote believes that he is a true knight-errant, therefore the protector of the weak and an enforcer of chivalric justice. Don Quixote has hopes that through his accomplishments as a knight, he may find himself attaining a great deal of wealth and outstanding fame, which would stay with him forever. Cervantes agrees with this claim in describing Don Quixote's hopes of becoming a knight-errant: "both for his own honor and for the service of the state, that he should become a knight-errant" (Cervantes 59). Because Don Quixote feels that he is a true knight-errant, he has to constantly abide by the rules of chivalric conduct to maintain the role of a perfect valiant knight. Sancho, however never dreamt of holding the position of squire or ever having even concerned himself with knights of chivalric romances. Quite the opposite of Don...