'The Slum by Aluisio Azevedo'

'Written by Aluisio Azevedo, The Slum is a fiction reinvigorated that illustrates life in the slums of brazil. Joao Romao, an ambitious Portuguese, bought holding on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. His neighbour was Bertoleza, an industrious slave who had fled from her master and own a foodstuff store. The two began a romance as Romao in like mannerk charge of her monetary resource and soon began to know together. He employ Bertolezas nest egg to steal much place down and cast up his establishment. Romao continued to buy more land and build houses on them until the slum was complete. As the demand was last due to the issue forth of immigrants pouring into the country, Romaos slum was braggy and bustling. His neighbor, a erst wealthy nobleman frustrated to be living beside a slum, Mr. Miranda becomes a unfavourable character in the legend. This is the setting and the stage setting in which Azevedo unfolds his dumbfounding novel. I do not trust to go too much i nto the plot of land of the novel and everything that occurs in spite of appearance its 200 pages. Instead, I wish to crumple how the novel relates to the greater context of Brazil and brotherly and racial issues that plagued the country during this time. maculation the miserable conditions of Rio de Janeiros poor be described in great detail, issues of racial politics be also evenly important in the plot. The Slum is a deeply negatively charged reflection of the social ills that plagued the society of the period. The novel follows the lives of Portuguese immigrants as they transform and adapt to Brazils society. Romao imitates the cruel Brazilian race dealing of the time as he makes Bertoleza regard that she had bought her freedom. Having earned her trust, he takes care of her wages, belongings high winnings for himself. She becomes his concubine, cooking and cleaning for him for free. This clearly illustrates Romao achieving his wealth through the exploitation of t he black population. At the end of the novel, Romao gives Bertoleza apart to marry Mirandas daughter... '