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Literature: Social Critique

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The worker had six hundred reis; blue eyes, plum lips, a gold earring. It was a king's profile in his broth dinner made from bone meats... 'He waited so long that he even developed calluses. The sun broke through the smoky sky with difficulty; all the city's chimneys rose; and he believed that someone would always buy his mat.' (The Rats, by Dyonélio Machado, 1935) Based on the excerpt above, answer: a) How does the author use the description of the character and the setting to denounce the living conditions of workers at that time? Relate to a current social situation in your discussion. b) From the context presented by the author, how do you interpret the phrase 'He waited so long that he even developed calluses'? What does it symbolize from a social denunciation perspective?

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