Rocinante era antes y primero de todos los rocines del mundo"—"a name, to his thinking, lofty, sonorous, and significant of his condition as a hack before he became what he now was, the first and foremost of all the hacks in the world". In chapter 1, Cervantes describes Don Quixote's careful naming of his steed: Four days were spent in thinking what name to give him, because (as he said to himself) it was not right that a horse belonging to a knight so famous, and one with such merits of his own, should be without some distinctive name, and he
John Sampson (character) his role as Cross. Sampson's "new" name in the film - Tommy Kane - is probably a different and new character that takes character traits and several things from the character, Sampson, meaning Kane is an original idea with influence on his creation. This has not been confirmed though. John Sampson (character) John Sampson is a fictional character in the mystery fictional novel series, "Alex Cross (novel series)" and is one of the main characters. John A. Sampson met African-American Alex Cross and at the age of 10 they became best friends. When both of Sampson's parents died and/or left