Relationship between Don Quixote and Sancho PanzaIn Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes Don Quixote and his squire Sancho Panza travel through Spain on chivalric adventures. Throughout their chivalrous adventures, Don Quixote and Sancho highlight their similarities as well as their differences. Don Quixote's real name is Alphonso Quixana from the Spanish town of La Mancha. He read many books of chivalrous chivalry which inspired his adventures and led to his partnership with Sancho Panza. Don Quixote meets Sancho and convinces him to join him on his adventures as a squire. In exchange for his companionship, Don Quixote promises Sancho that he will become governor of his own island. Sancho is easily convinced due to Don Quixote's persuasion and his belief in Don Quixote's nobility and intelligence, based solely on his readings. With his companion at his side, Don Quixote begins his journey and the similarities and differences between these two characters begin to emerge. Don Quixote is motivated by his readings while Sancho is more motivated by real things and how things actually happen. Don Quixote bases his life on his literary readings. He has faith in all his beliefs and fights to become a knight. His chivalrous adventures are often questioned or criticized throughout the novel. His efforts to prove his doubters wrong often land Don Quixote in trouble or cause people to question him even more. His efforts can lead to disastrous situations, as was the case when Don Quixote challenged the flock of sheep thinking they were an army. Once Don Quixote believed they were sheep, no one was able to persuade him otherwise. He is not easily convinced by the beliefs of others. Despite Sancho's... middle of paper ......n have rubbed off on Sancho, who wants to continue his adventures. Sancho pleads for Quixote, saying, "Do not die, Your Grace, my lord, but follow my advice and live a very, very long time, for the worst folly a man can fall into, in this life, is to let himself die." without reason” (744). Sancho now no longer has a companion to continue his adventures. Quixote shames everything he once believed by becoming a knight-errant while Sancho pleads for his life and the continuation of their adventures. With Quixote gone, it's almost as if Sancho's is nonexistent. Sancho has no real closure, as Quixote dies in peace. Sancho and Quixote proved their relationship in Don Quixote. Their many differences and similarities balance each other out but form enough of a difference for their relationship to work as squire and knight-errant..