6/28/2023 0 Comments Don juan poetryAnd that can only mean one thing… Don Juan's pet dog starts looking pretty tasty. It's not long before Juan and everyone in the lifeboat has eaten everything they can get their hands on.Juan's valet Pedro tries to make it into the boat, but jumps too short and falls to his death into the raging sea.Before you know it, Juan and a handful of survivors are floating around on a lifeboat. Don does the smart thing of defending the alcohol room, to make sure people don't get super-drunk out of desperation. Of course, a brutal storm tears the ship apart midway through its journey.You couldn't have given out more distinct names? Being a wealthy young man, Don Juan travels with an impressive entourage, which includes a personal valet named Pedro and a tutor named Pedrillo.It's all very sad and a tad melodramatic. Juan cries a lot at seeing Spain fade into the distance.Don Juan travels to the Spanish town of Cadiz to get on a boat and leave Spain altogether.Here, Byron repeats his earlier claim that Don Juan would have been better off going to public school than being spoiled by his mother. Maybe this will stop them from growing up to be like Don Juan. Byron opens this canto with a speech about how teachers should be sure to use corporal punishment when trying to teach young people to behave.
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