Problem:
The Introduction to Don Quixote states that "As the prologue in part 1 of the novel states, it was conceived as a comic satire of chivalric romance literatures of the time. However, the novel presents multiple levels of implications beyond its attack on the previous literary tradition. Cervantes's diverse life experiences as a soldier, a slave, a civil servant, and a writer might have given him vantage points from which he could satirize different aspects of his contemporary society." What are the "multiple levels of implications beyond its attack on the previous literary tradition"? What "different aspects of his contemporary society" does Cervantes satirize? Is Don Quixote a hero? What is Sancho's role in Don Quixote's heroism (or not, if you said he was not a hero)?