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On one level Tolstoy is showing us the boredom of the rich, the laziness and wastefulness of that lifestyle of the rich, but he does it through the thoughts of Natasha, a 17 year-old. Most people that age are bored with their surroundings, and for her with a lover whom she can’t have it’s no wonder shes more bored than most 17 year-olds.

She’s being tested and this will lead to her mistake.