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In the story entitled the Pearl Kino wakes up at the start of the novella as he heard the song of the family and he did feel content which is the answer. Hope this is the best answer and would be of help.
The Great Chain of Being refers to hierarchy in a system,which definitely exists in Dante's Inferno. You can see as the protagonist goes through Hell that first he goes into Limbo, where the least serious criminals and people who haven't been Christened are located. As he goes through nine circles of Hell, he comes across more serious offenders and demons who guard them, until he comes into the very core of Inferno where Satan is keeping 3 people prisoners: Judas, Brutus, and Cassius.
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