Don Quixote, Part 2, Chapter 27 summary
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In Chapter 27, the narrator identifies Master Pedro as Ginés de Pasamonte and explains how he fakes his ape’s powers before Don Quixote encounters townsmen preparing to fight over mockery. Don Quixote urges peace, but Sancho’s braying earns him a beating and forces his master to flee.
What happens
- The narrator reveals that Ginés de Pasamonte disguises himself as Master Pedro and uses gathered information to fake his ape’s knowledge.
- On the third day of travel, Don Quixote finds armed townsmen whose donkey banner identifies their grievance over braying.
- Don Quixote argues that mockery does not dishonor a whole town and that revenge violates Christian teaching.
- Sancho praises his master, defends braying as harmless, and demonstrates his own skill.
- A man strikes Sancho down; Don Quixote attempts to retaliate but flees when the crowd threatens him.
- The townsmen send Sancho after his master and return home at nightfall because their opponents do not appear.
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