It is easy to see that the novel demonstrated an awareness of how the language and meaning are shaped by the culture and context.
The novel is based in Spain and the spanish culture is very strong and noticeable throughout the book. When Don Quijote decides to be a knight, he said the culture and tradition is to have to go on an adventure and get knighted by a knight. Also, he has to pick a formal knight name before he can start his adventure. "...and to style himself Don Quijote of La Mancha, whereby, he considered, he described accurately his origin and country, and did honor to it in taking his surname from it." That quote shows how the spanish culture shaped the meaning and context of Don Quijote.
Another way the language was shaped by the culture is that because the author of Don Quijote, Miguel de Cervantes, was from a different region of Spain where they spoke Vasco, a variation of spanish, Cervantes changed the spelling of the words from castellano to vasco, like when he changed "bosque"to "busque".
I really enjoyed how you gave a general outcome of the book to give your audience an idea of what the book was about. Without doing this, the readers would be lost, and have no idea about what you are writing about. I also enjoyed how you seemed to be educated on this book and know a lot about it. This makes reading your blog a lot more believable. You thoroughly addressed learning outcome three by describing the culture of Don Quitjote. You also mentioned how the author contributed to the writing, when you explained how he changed words, which relates to how his culture affected the context of the book. I also noticed that you included a lot of facts from the actual book, and you addressed learning outcome three directly to give your audience the perfect example. I will now consider doing this in my writing, to give my audience clear examples.
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