Don Quixote the archetype for the picaro'? I think not. The picaro tale
predates Cervantes. Try Lazarillo del Tormes, etc.
A sort of inverted Horatio Alger type tale.
Ted Samsel....tejas at infi.net
"In a dying culture, snobs are a vital natural race horse"
"El pobre Canonero, se va a matar"