Alonzo Quijano, also known as "Don Quixote" was an older man, which was an estate owner of La Mancha in Spain. He is obsessed with the books in his library that talk of chivalry and the honor of knighthood. He is so obsessed that he sets out to become a knight.

He starts out with only himself and his horse with an old, rusty set of armor. As he journeys out of the town, he stops by nearby Toboso. There he imagines that a peasant girl is his "Lady Dulcinea" but really goes by the name of Aldonza Lorenza. He embarks on his journey of "chivalry" and after injuring innocent mule drivers to earn himself money and a squire, he returns to recruit Sancho Panza as his squire promising him that he would be a wealthy governor of an island. Sancho, being a poor married farmer with a...