Essay - History Child of the Dark Was the First Book Written...

History

Child of the Dark was the first book written by Carolina Maria de Jesus, a black Brazilian woman born in 1914. The book rapidly became a bestseller in Brazil. The book is famous and still in print today, published in 14 languages. It details the story of ***** woman's struggle as the great-grandchild of slaves, to seek a better and productive life for herself and her family. Though the theme is common to many great heroes, it inspires motivation and awe in many people. Her ***** in fact ***** the best sell*****g novel in ***** history, capturing a unique *****pect of her life and times.

The book brings to life the hardships and social ***** economic difficulties of ***** people of Brazil. The s*****ry resounds in the heart of many, as it tells ***** struggle of a young wom*****n ***** into poverty who becomes famous.

Born in the year ***** in a town called Minas Berais, ***** Maria de Jesus was af**********d many opportunities a poor wom*****n would not ordinarily in her circumstances. Carolina ***** fortunate to have the opportunity at age seven ***** ********** school due to the goodwill of a nearby landowner's family. Most poor females that grew up in the small town and area ***** Carolina was raised in did ***** have the advantage of having any education at all, especially a wom*****n of color. One should also note that Carolina Maria de Jesus was the *****-grandchild ***** slaves, and only had the opportunity to attend two ********** of school. Regardless of her brief *****al period, Carolina became literate. Unfortunately Carolina did not always gain respect because ***** her education, as many of her peers ***** family perhaps out of jealous sneered at Carolina and felt she acted pretentious. As she grew older ***** moved to the nearby city of San Paulo, the largest industrial city in South America, and found work as a m*****id. She ***** pregnant shortly t*****eafter however, ***** lost her position. To make ends meet Carolina collected what she could from the trash ***** sell in order to by food and clothing for her family. ***** would go on ***** have three children during her lifetime.

During her years of *****, Carolina began to keep a diary of her daily exploits on pieces of paper she collected as time progressed. This would result eventually in her fame. A gentleman by ***** name ***** ********** Dantas, a reporter *****t the time discovered ***** and her diary and decided to publish it. His ***** success came in the form of brief excerpts in a newspaper, which ***** translated in***** a book. ***** book, called "Quarto de Despejo" be***** ***** English translating best seller Child ***** the Dark. Carolina was promoted to some notoriety with this book. She c*****tinued ***** ***** passion of reading and writing, ***** went on over the course ***** her life to publish four more books. These books however were not received well by the press and unfortunately ***** nearer *****