Causal Essay On Favela

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Denise Montes
Professor Knowles
English 240
18 May 2014
Causal Essay
Favela [slums or urban areas] are where approximately 11.4 million of the 190 million Brazils’ population reside. These areas are known to be areas with crime and extreme poverty, the people who live there are known to be social outcast and are usually ignored by upper class citizens. These areas are home to the people who cannot afford to live in cities like Rio de Jainero or São Paolo because of the raising housing cost. Favela typically comes into being when squatters (a person who unlawfully occupies an uninhabited building or unused land) occupy vacant land at the edge of a city and construct shacks of salvaged or stolen materials. These areas are so heavily populated lack of infrastructure is limited so citizens are forced to improvise plumbing and electricity. It is easy to provide these services throughout the Favela because of over crowding. The houses are built on top of each other crowding very small areas leading to unsanitary conditions, poor nutrition, and pollution, and disease. Favelas are habitually crime-ridden and have been influence by gangs immersed in illegal drug activity. Crime is a way of life for many in these dual areas, it’s the main way to provide for their families.
In society one of the things Brazil is known for is its Favelas. For example, in the movie Rio, a children’s animated film by Disney. The main characters Blu and Jewel (rare blue Macaws) are stolen to be sold on the black market are taken to the Favela, where they later escape. Fernando, the boy who takes them, is a homeless child that lives on the roofs of the favela with no parents or family. He is evolved in a life of crime at an early age in order to survive. His...

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