What is Florent's main challenge is adjusting to Parisian life?

Florent actually suffers upon his arrival in Paris, looking around him at the signs and displays in shop windows. Sensory overload sets in and Florent is unable to process what he sees without becoming dizzy and lightheaded. After years spent in prison, years of starvation, paucity and lack, Florent's challenge becomes finding a way to feel at ease with the fatness and gluttony of Paris.