The Slum
Aluísio Azevedo
Bertoleza from dawn to night (chapter I), the washtubs and the quarry (chapter III, chapter IV), the foreman who puts the work in order (chapter V) and Agostinho dead in the quarry (chapter XXI).
Theme
Work and Vocation
Work and the calling: trade, profession, vocation, the dignity or the weight of work.