Lazarillo De Tormes

Lazarillo de Tormes is a satirical portrayal of society and that focus on the lives of the lower classes. Lazaro, serves several masters over the course of his life; each master has a different social status and give an insight into the Spanish society. The novel criticizes the hypocrisy of the church and the ills of the society. This the first time we have a commoner as a protagonist; all the other literature works we have read so far main character were either a king knight or a god. Lazaro was born in a river and he is the son of a thief and a prostitute. Poverty and hunger are one of the themes in the novel. Throughout the novel he is constantly hungry and feels the need to feed himself. His first master the blind man, he accuses him of being greedy and not feeding him that why he has to resort to stealing food in order to survive “ he used to place a little jug of wine at his side when we ate, and I very quickly grabbed it, gave it a couple of quit kisses”. …show more content…
Where he worked under the apprentice of priest, the priest was worse than the blind man. The priest was a miserable old man, that barely gave Lazaro enough to eat, but manages to spend five copper coins for his own meal. Lazaro makes a copy of the priest key in order to steal bread from his master. Lazaro start to con people for food “With a weak, sick voice and my hands resting on my breast, with God before my eyes and His name on my tongue, I started to beg bread at doorways”. The satire here is that church is supposed to be charitable and teach people to be charitable. The behavior of the priest goes against the doctrine of Christianity as he is greedy towards Lazaro. His third master, the squire was worse than the priest. The squire was poor and did not give lazaro any