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Sansón Carrasco Character Analysis

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Sansón Carrasco, good or evil. Sansón Carrasco’s character does not appear frequently throughout Tome II, but when he does he seems to make a huge impact. Now, is the impact positive or negative, I couldn’t quite determine. In my heart I feel like he killed Don Quixote, but that’s a discussion for the latter part of this meditation. Just a quick recap of Sansón’s tomfoolery, starting with my first impression of him. Upon the initial introduction of Sansón Carrasco I got the feeling that I wouldn’t care for him as a character. Cervantes describes him as one who makes sport of ridiculing others. If that’s not a bit cynical then what is? In my imaginary tally book, this was strike one against Sansón Carrasco. In addition to strike one, strike

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