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Pere Goriot By Honore De Balzac

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In the novella Pere Goriot, author Honoré De Balzac establishes a high-class Persian society set in Paris. This elite society creates a lot of tension throughout the borders. Living in the hostel, a bond is bounded between the borders and their materialistic possessions. All the borders share a unique connection, which eventually falls apart. De Balzac's characters in Pere Goriot are engaged by their belongings that they treat as a part of themselves. Each border at the hostel lives on a different floor level; further showing physical evidence of their social status in society. Each character in the story has an individualistic struggle. They face difficulties in their bountiful plight to determine their own internal identity in society. …show more content…

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