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AKKAS ALI
Assignment: 2nd Draft
Prof: Jeff Peer
Date: 03/24 /2017
There are many parts has shown similarities based on the life of Lazarillo and the life of a sensuous woman such as in the beginning both Tormes and the woman were thinking about their lives the way has changed in the ending. In the beginning, he was an innocent boy tortured by his master (blind man) and then became a trickster by stealing food from his master in order to survive. Likewise, the life of sensuous woman, in beginning, she was a” trickster” had relationship with many men and ending gave up relationships with men. Although we identify them as a “trickster” characters, they are became heroes because they both faced difficulties, pain, danger without fear and achieved overall qualities in order to become heroic. However, I think we meet a number of “trickster” characters that make them into heroes because they became mature in their early lives, gained a lot of experiences and realized about real lives.
First, The Lazarillo de Tormes and the sensuous woman both became mature in their early lives. Lazarillo learns from his blind master many things although his master torture him very much. His master did not give him food and taught him dirty tricks when he was a little child. For example, his master taught him how to steal food from people that a little child should not have knowledge about it. It makes him mature although he is very little. On the other hand
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the sensuous woman was an eleven years old girls, did not like other do her hair style and redo herself, as mention in the passage, “Aristocrats, you know are always thinking about love, whether they’re composing poems or playing kickball.”(595). Kickball is one kind of sport that for aristocrats men and warries, it also play by women, too. Aristocrats was a so skillful members who know how only how to play kickball and they were a highest rank elegant people. When the sensuous woman involve and serve them, became stylish and ordinary women. She is only eleven years old, but when she saw men and women lying together, she got excited and wanted to make love with men. She also get many letters from men and found men and she cannot stop meeting them. I think, aristocrats are always thinking about love, so when she became the part of their lives, she also learn more how to make love. In this case, eleven years girl should not have those much knowledge about love and it represents her as a mature and act like an adult.
Second, the lazarrillo and the sensuous woman both gain experiences. Lazarillo has gained a lot of experiences from his different masters. The Lazarillo thinks himself as a happy and fortunes boy because of his master’s “Excellency” who brought him up although he borne in a humble family. In the life of Lazarillo de Tormes book mentions that “It is a joy to me to recount these childish matters to Your” Excellency”, to show how much virtue there can be in those who are born to low estate and drag themselves up and how much vice in the great who let themselves be dragged down”(13). It seems to me that his master was a wise, successful man and knew the prayers by heart and solved their problems. In this case, the Lazarillo was very happy to recount these childish matters that brought him up for his “Excellency”. I believe that
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the people who struggle and face many difficulties get better experiences and become successful than who does not fight with any of them and they are not able to figure out a real life. On the other hand, the sensuous woman knew how to attract men and stay with her overnight. In the book mentions that “You even know how to make another woman’s husband stay overnight at your house!” Similarly, she gained experiences how to take care baby, sacrifices her life, gave up relationships with men and managed to overcome every temptation to meet them. Besides, her love letter also impress women for men who ask for them. According to the reading, “Basically, she has relationship with a lot of men and knew how to persuade men by different ways, especially, writing love letter and men fell in love even though they are very far. Therefore, the combination of a life of a lazarillo life and a life of a sensuous man, I found similarities between them based on different perspective.
Third, the life of a lazarillo and life of a sensuous woman play an important role and realized a practical lives rather than got stuck in imaginary lives. In the case of Lazarillos life, in very beginning, he thought life was very difficult because the blind master tortured him, gave hard time by not providing food. At the same time the blind man taught him about real life and how to go along even though sometime life is not easy. The blind master made joke with him and explained about life in order to understanding him better. His master said to him, “Stupid! Get it through your head: a blind man’s boy has to keep one jump ahead of the devil himself.” (12) I think, sometime many people could not support others financially, but they can help others to give some trips to go along and they make joke. According to the to the book the life of Lazallio De Tomes, there are a evidence found that although the blind man treat the Lazarillo