Abstract
Published in the book “Stories and Dreams”, in 1920, the short story “Cló”, from Lima Barreto narrates the camaraderie between a rich representative and an old piano teacher, the latter who survives with some difficulty during the First Republic. The plot is developed in a suggestive and reticent manner, showing the ambiguity in the character construction. Its literary structure is also complex for presenting an open-end, which allows for various interpretations. This article aims to analyze the short story “Cló”, considering the transit between the main tensions found on the narrative. It intends to demonstrate, as a possible interpretation, that everything is structured as a negotiation, with the approval of the old teacher’s family, which aims to obtain some advantage from the rich politician, in times of difficult upward mobility.
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