Don Quijote of La Mancha. Summary Adaptation for conflict management

 

Who has never heard “In a place in La Mancha, whose name I don't want to remember, not long ago lived a hidalgo of those with a lance in a shipyard, an old shield, a skinny nag and a running greyhound”.

Don Quixote de la Mancha is the work that becomes one of the most published books in the world, translated into almost all the languages ​​of the world, behind the Bible. Much of the work was written from the prison of Seville, where Miguel de Cervantes had been serving a sentence since 1597 for possible errors in his work as a tax collector.

And doing the same analysis, a mediator from Seville, after the confinements of the pandemic, dares to share his thoughts, because if it is madness, don't tell me, that mediators are not branded as "bohemians", "deluded". ”, when society demands punitive systems, we will always think that there is an opportunity for dialogue.

Will we have something of Quixote? Or perhaps Sancho, to justify the lack of sanity. I don't know very well, but I would like to say that the heart and reason go hand in hand to inspire us on this path.

Let's analyze each part of the book and draw the conclusion.

Part I

First part of the ingenious nobleman Don Quixote de la Mancha

•First chapter. Which deals with the condition and exercise of the famous hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha

•Chapter II. Which deals with the first exit that the ingenious Don Quixote made from his land

• Chapter III. In which the graceful manner in which Don Quixote armed himself as a knight is recounted

• Chapter IV. Of what happened to our gentleman when he left the sale

• Chapter V. Where the narrative of our knight's misfortune continues

• Chapter VI. Of the graceful and great scrutiny that the priest and the barber made in the bookstore of our ingenious hidalgo

• Chapter VII. From the second departure of our good knight Don Quixote de la Mancha

• Chapter VIII. Of the good success that the brave Don Quixote had in the frightening and never imagined adventure of the windmills, with other events worthy of happy remembrance

- Chapter I

In this first chapter the protagonist of the literary novel is presented, "a nobleman from La Mancha, dry of meat, lean of face and fond of reading books of chivalry, he spent day and night reading, such was the obsession he had for this genre, who one day decided to become a knight errant like the heroes of his books”. Books and books of chivalry filled his room

“To carry out this strange adventure and become a good knight, he would need his own weapons, a horse, a name, and a lady to fall in love with. He took the weapons of his great-grandparents, as a horse he chose his hungry nag, which he baptized Rocinante and after much thought, he decided to call himself Don Quixote de la Mancha, in honor of Amadís de Gaula . He only needed a lady to start his adventures as a knight, he chose Aldonza Lorenzo, whom he called Dulcinea del Toboso”.

M.- After reading so much, dear mediator friends, we need a personal brand, to use our intuition, an "old armor" made up of our experience in other professions, a vehicle to navigate conflict management, in the form of techniques and skills and a beautiful Lady "the mediation"

- Chapter II

Once prepared for his departure, Don Quixote de la Mancha sets out aimlessly from a false door in the corral where Rocinante was, allowing himself to be led wherever the animal leads him. “Along the way, he fantasizes about being remembered in numerous chivalric books and achieving great deeds, but he realizes that he has not yet been named a knight errant and according to the rules of chivalry, he must not yet face any other knight. .

Night falls, and the hidalgo arrives at an inn that he believes is a castle. At the entrance he meets two girls, who begin to laugh at his peculiar way of speaking. Finally, the innkeeper appears who offers him food and lodging.

M.- Once again, fantasizing as our Errant Knight, we chose uncertain paths as mediators. Many times we leave behind the comfort of our law firm or psychologist's office, to walk aimlessly through the "ashes of conflict." But, we realize that without accreditation, without clear training, our work becomes sterile.

It is not easy to be, abandoning the opinion, when so many "quixotes" tell you, "I was always a mediator."

– Chapter III

“After dinner, Don Quixote calls the innkeeper and begs him to make him a knight. The innkeeper, sensing his sanity, plays along and promises to grant his wish. In addition, he tells her that he also served as a knight in his younger days, and tells her some of his greatest achievements and places in Spain where he had been.

In order for a knighthood to be valid, the knight's arms had to be put on display in a chapel, but since that was a sale and there was no chapel, Don Quixote decided to put his arms on display in the courtyard. While guarding his weapons to avoid thefts, the almost knight, has some unfortunate encounter with some guests of the inn, the Castilian, seeing this, proposes to name Don Quixote a knight that same night with the intention that he leave as soon as possible. before and thus avoid greater evils. And that is how Don Quixote de la Mancha, he is knighted in an impromptu ceremony and leaves the inn in search of adventure”.

M.- It is not difficult for me to make comparisons and those who have been following me for a long time know it well. There are many inns, of all kinds. Resting places when you feel alone in this profession. They laugh at you and me, but I assure you that "our madness" is due to transit through your sanity. I just need an "innkeeper" someone who proves that I am already trained, that I can "use my weapons" that are nothing more than the power of the word and recognition.

I will watch over my “weapons”, but if you appoint me as a mediator, I promise to fight against injustice and the unease of those who need me. I don't care how many hours of training I need, what matters to me is feeling like a mediator.

CHAPTER IV

In this chapter, Don Quixote leaves the inn and returns to town to collect money and find a squire.

On the way he hears some voices and goes towards them.

Once there, he sees how a man is whipping a child, at which point Don Quixote orders the man to stop unless he wants to confront him, then the man stops. Then Don Quixote asks the man why he was beating the poor boy, the man replies that the boy had lost a sheep and the boy alleges that he has not paid him for 9 months. Don Quixote makes the lord swear that he would pay the child and that he would set him free. Later Don Quixote leaves and continues on his way. When Don Quixote leaves, the man whips the boy again and he tells him that he is going to look for Don Quixote.

Don Quixote continues on his way and meets two merchants to whom he tells of the beauty of his beloved sweetheart. These merchants, to satisfy themselves, agree with her, saying yes, but she will be one-eyed and one-eyed. Angry Don Quixote attacks them but with the bad luck that his horse stumbles and cannot get up with the enormous weight of the weapons. The merchants attack him and break his spear. Later both merchants leave and leave Don Quixote.

M.- What do you think, dear reader? We can say that in the face of this second conflict that he finds himself on his way (remember that the first is the mockery of his fate at the inn), he seeks justice from the imposition... What would you have done? Would you help compensate the minor, abandoning violence, and in turn reduce the value of the lost sheep?

And of our “beloved” mediation, how many have laughed at it, saying “it is useless”, that it is one-eyed and maimed, because the parties do not want to give their arm to twist, only litigation. But we defend her because "her beauty of her" and our satisfaction is incalculable.

CHAPTER V

Faced with the situation experienced, Don Quixote began to remember one of the books he had read and began to recite it out loud. Luckily for Don Quixote, he passed by and recognized him as Quijana and helped him up, carrying Don Quixote's weapons on his horse Rocinante. The man constantly asked Don Quixote how he was doing, but Don Quixote constantly answered him with verses from the many books he had read. Along the way Don Quixote was constantly ranting and quoting books that he had read.

At an hour when no one could see the man enter Don Quixote's house with Don Quixote himself badly wounded, they both entered the town. There were his wife, his niece, the priest, and the barber.

When Don Quixote had been healed, he explained that 10 giants had wounded him. When Don Quixote went to bed the man explained everything that Don Quixote had been saying during the trip.

M.- He raved and raved, and why not, the “Little Prince” already said it: “once upon a time there was a little prince who inhabited a planet just bigger than him and who needed a friend”. Don Quixote, dear mediator, alone and abandoned needs others, we will create a network to make us stronger in the face of adversity and there we will find the priest, the advisor, the therapist, the counselor, who will observe us, and why not, they will "heal" our wounds

CHAPTER VI

The priest and the barber asked Don Quixote's mistress for the keys to Don Quixote's library in order to burn all of Don Quixote's books.

So the priest and the barber decided to burn all the books of Don Quixote and especially those of chivalry, and then they took all the books of Don Quixote and especially the books of chivalry, to carry out their plan they decided to burn them in the corral to that no one could be offended or upset. The priest and the barber decided to burn almost all the books except for one such as the Amadís de Gaula.

When they had burned all the big books, they set out to burn all the small books that dealt with shepherds and love affairs. They burned all the books except for one or two which they kept for later reading.

M.- And there was someone who was in charge of filling me with details, that while they courageously burned endless mediation books, with different theories, different models, “adventures” of our illusion; I just thought about how to get out of those “ashes”, because I became a lawyer, “to advocate, to help others” and that, as much as they try to be absent, they will never be able to make it disappear.

Yes, in the face of skeptics, I decided to write my own books on "chivalry", "stories..." "El Cofre...", because even if they misunderstand me, many understand me.

CHAPTER VII

Don Quixote woke up crying out, as he was raving and it was believed that he was fighting many enemies. Immediately afterwards he began to talk about books of chivalry, the priest and Don Quixote's housekeeper fed him and put him back to bed so that he could relax and rest.

The priest, the barber and Don Quixote's mistress decided to put a wall in Don Quixote's library so that he could not access the library and thus he would not realize that all his books had disappeared. In the event that Don Quixote remembered his library and asked about his books, his friends would tell him that he had been a magician who made her disappear while Don Quixote slept. And so it was, when Don Quixote woke up and asked about his room full of chivalric books, his friends told him that it had been a magician who had made her disappear.

Don Quixote spent 15 quiet days since he had set out to find a squire and get money.

To obtain this money it was necessary for him to pawn certain of his belongings. During this time he met a poor man named Sancho Panza to whom he offered several islands if he would go on an adventure with him.

Having made this peculiar deal, both adventurers left at nightfall. During the trip Don Quixote and Sancho were talking about the island that Don Quixote had promised Sancho.

M.- Periods of lucidity, that is what evokes us. Only with certain periods of lucidity, we can move towards the mirage created for the occasion. They can put up walls for us, as high as the ego of many professionals who feel they are owners and creditors of the solutions to problems, but I assure you that we will knock them down, because even if we already look for the "illustration" of our manuals, our practice tells us that we are on the right path and there… let's find our “sancho”.

Well understood as a travel companion or our other self to put sanity before so much without reason that we hear in the mediation sessions.

Looking for friends, the madness of seeing beyond and the sanity of approaching positions.

– Chapter VIII

In this chapter, Don Quixote encounters 40 windmills that he mistakes for giants. Sancho warns him of the reality, but Don Quixote ignores them and charges strongly against the windmills, with such bad luck that he is wounded and his spear breaks into a thousand pieces. Don Quixote believes that he has been a charmer who has turned the giants into mills.

That night they sleep under some trees, and Don Quixote tears off a branch to replace his lance following the steps he had read in a chivalric book.

The next day they set off towards Puerto Lápice, along the way, they see two friars and behind them a car with a lady inside. Don Quixote, believing that they were enchanters who have a forced princess, demands that they release her, the friars, somewhat stunned by such accusations, insist that they are simply friars and that they have not kidnapped anyone, they fail to convince don Quixote, who he lunges at one of them, knocking him unconscious on the ground while the other runs away.

Meanwhile, Don Quixote asks the lady as the only thanks for her services to go to Toboso, and tell his deeds of bravery to his beloved Dulcinea, a Biscayan squire who was with the lady, listens to this and threatens Don Quixote, thus beginning a sword fight.

M.- You will find windmills and against them you have to fight. Giants? No… Positions, impositions that will make any attempt to find a solution unsuccessful and that we will have to close files again and again, “kidnapped” by a so-called “traditional justice”, which we must release, to achieve quality justice.

For this reason, despite our illusion “breaking our spear”, a new one will arise, a reason for learning from the experience and that will make it easier for us to find ourselves on the road with “new windmills”, new positions, but this time we will turn into needs.

Fights, confrontations, "swords", we already know that they exist, but also that the judges do not have justice kidnapped, on the contrary, they have it protected, they only need us to collaborate in posting it.

 

To be continued…