Summary Of Lazaro De Tormes

In the novella Lazaro de Tormes, Lazarillo reviews his biography for his excellency Vuestra Merced and depicts the rising of his social status while remaining in a fraudulent and pessimistic culture. He learns life lessons and bears various challenges while he serves eight masters all through the story. During the memory of his biography, Lazaro does not see religion a major factor in his life contrary to most people during the 16th century. By serving under the tutelage of numerous religious figures, he saw a plenitude of sins by men of religious positions. Religious masters who ranked high in social religious standing also ranked high their wrongdoings. Moreover, creating a stigma in the eyes of Lazaro, viewing religion as degenerate and

Yet in light of this, God appears to answer a large portion of his prayers. All through the initial three tratado’s he prays to God with the expectation that he will give him nourishment. Lazaro figures out how to sufficiently find food to not starve but rather before the end of the third tratado Lazaro no longer needs to stress over discovering food. It creates the impression that God to some degree answers his prayers, because of this Lazaro continues on praying to God when he is in need. Lazaro even credits god with helping him trick people in order to help him survive. In the first tratado, Lazaro says that god blinded the old man so that Lazaro would have the capacity to take revenge on him (Giblin, 27). God is a method for disclosing why things transpire all through Lazaro's story that he cannot clarify himself. For instance, when he discovers the squire he says, "God saw it fit to have me meet with a squire" (Lazarillo de Tormes 72). Lazaro has no legitimate clarification for why or how he turned into the servant of the squire. He rational is that god saw it fit for Lazaro to meet the squire which causes a domino effect for alternate bosses that Lazaro serves. It is clear that Lazaro alludes to god in his story however never makes a reference to religion or church with the exception of

Coincidentally, as his social status improves so do the positions of the masters he serves. Lazaro also seems to assume his master’s mannerisms during the time he serves them. The sins that his masters commit are also committed by Lazaro even though he considers many of his masters corrupt and unjust, which unveils Lazaro’s hypocritical personality. One of the most deceitful men in the church was the pardoner who sold papal indulgences, he represents the fraudulent sin. Lazaro describes the pardoner stating “He practiced all manner of deceit, and resorted to the subtlest inventions to gain his end.” (Lazarillo de Tormes, 66). Although Lazaro saw the pardoner as a deceitful and successful liar he commended his practices and aspired to find success similar to him. Nevertheless, Lazaro leaves to another master once he realizes the un pleasant life surrounding the pardoner. Lazaro’s final account with a corrupt member of the church is with his final master, the Archpriest of the church of St. Salvador. The Archpriest who is ravaged by lust is the highest position that Lazaro serves. The priest provides a wife for Lazaro, who quickly agrees to the arrangement knowing it will greatly benefit his social standing. Eventually Lazaro finds out that the archpriest is sleeping with his wife, yet he dismisses the notion and continues on with his happy life. Each of the terrible sins