Abstract
The analysis of Martins’ life aims the construction of a history that consider the contradictory elements that constitute its identity, as well as perceive his different representations, involving the points of view and the context in which he lived, in the Portuguese community under study. It is important to realize that the history of the Portuguese community is composed of individual stories that do not denny a collective history, they are stories that are added, intertwined and influenced, because after all it is the individual that makes up the collective.
Keywords:
Identity; history; portuguese; nationalities