Plantation Boy (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: José Lins do Rego
- First Published: 1932
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Setting: Northeastern Brazil
- Genres: Long fiction, Realism, Social realism, Bildungsroman, Regional fiction
- Subjects: Class conflict, Twentieth century, Autobiography, Plantations or plantation life, Farms, farmers, or farming, Brazil or Brazilians, Feudalism, Sugar
- Locales: Brazil
Characters Discussed
Carlos de Mello (MEH-yoh), the protagonist and narrator, whose life in Recife, in the state of Paraíba, Brazil, comes to a sudden end when his father murders his mother in a rage of insanity. Carlos is only four years old when he sees his blood-covered mother dead and his father taken away to an asylum for the insane. He never sees his father again. Only three days later, he leaves the city for his maternal grandfather’s sugar plantation in the country, Santa Rosa, where he learns to be a “plantation boy.” At the plantation, Carlos learns a new way...
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