In Lazarillo de Tormes, the anonymous author narrates an autobiography that highlights the underlying views of a society of false virtues. ... Accordingly, in Lazarillo de Tormes, each character is governed by their basic needs of survival through food and acceptance through status. Thus, in Lazarillo's society, those needs replace the virtues, as they falsely portray love, sanctity, and honor. ... However, the friar mentioned in Lazarillo de Tormes furtively meets with prostitutes and gives Lázaro "the first pair of shoes [he] ever wore out [his] life (81)-. ...

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