This essay focuses on several aspects and implications of the composition of the character Fabiano in Graciliano Ramos’ novel Vidas secas, in order to emphasize the possibility - opened by the narrator - of surprising the great pleasure that succeeds to the main character when he understands the words and, with them, the reality they refer to.
Graciliano Ramos; Vidas secas; Fabiano; Language and reality; Character’s composition