lazarilo de tormes

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…starting at the beginning, Lazaro enables the reader to view his encounter with the friar in a way that would not be possible had he begun his narrative in the middle, with Chapter 4. Starting at the beginning allows Lazaro to be viewed as cunning in his use of the friar rather than as simply the victim. In this case, the sequence of events in the narrative truly is an integral part of the storytelling process.