Capitães da areia: as caminhadas noturnas em busca do desejo de transgressão

Abstract

This paper focuses on the book "Captains of the Sands" by Jorge Amado as an instrument of social protest, and to assess how it handles the denial of childhood and social segregation in that work from experiences of the main characters who, despite being immersed in a degrading environment, dominate the scenes of the plot with heroism and desire to excel. Antonio Candido (2004, 2005), Abdala Junior (1993), Albuquerque Jr (2006), Brait (1985:to establish the thematic discussion of a literature search and then do a historical - sociological interpretation anchored in conceptions was conducted), Reuter (2004), among others. Search the considerations that directed to the following considerations: the abuses and discrimination of Bahian population constitute the denial of childhood. However , despite the means to influence the behavior of social actors in the novel, some have excelled and went out of their condition of offenders to be citizens, whose mission was to portray the ills of the Bahian people to fight for their rights .

Keywords

• social Complaint
• Denial of childhood
• Segregation