EXÍLIO, FRONTEIRA E FOME EM VIDAS SECAS

Abstract

IN THE BRAZILIAN NORTHEAST, A MISERABLE FAMILY ESCAPES FROM DROUGHT AND OPPRESSION. THIS ARTICLE AIMS TO ANALYZE THIS MOTIF OF THE FAMOUS NOVEL VIDAS SECAS, BY GRACILIANO RAMOS, BY OBSERVING THE BALANCED PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL ANALYSIS DEVELOPED BY THE AUTHOR IN ORDER TO SHOW THE SITUATION OF THE CHARACTER FABIANO, A MAN WITH A LIMITED INTELLIGENCE, A VICTIM OF SOCIAL AND NATURAL CONDITIONS. HE IS A MAN WITHOUT INITIATIVE, NOR CLASS CONSCIENCE, A PASSIVE PERSON, ONE THAT REPRESENTS A METAPHOR OF A COLLECTIVE CONDITION.