Don Quixote asked Sancho to be his helper because Sancho is an illiterate peasant who could be easily manipulated by Don Quixote. But in reality Sancho followed Don Quixote because he expects wealth in the end (Cervantes 62). This raises the question of what a hero is; Don Quixote became a knight errant because he loves books and enjoys knight errant culture, while Sancho does so because he expects to gain monetary benefit from the sorties. Both of these characters are considered heroes, but their motivation for being a hero is drastically different. Cervantes humorously creates a power struggle between