been forced to enlist, including his friend and guitar teacher, Ricardo Coração-dos-Outros (this character's last name is actually a pun, meaning "Heart-of-others"). Quaresma becomes deeply disappointed when he sees the violence of the regime and its arbitrary acts. He soon realizes Peixoto's contempt about him and becomes even more disappointed when he kills one of the rebels. When the revolt is subdued, Quaresma is put in charge of prisoners. At that point, all his illusions about Brazil had vanished. After seeing the unfair executions and cruelties committed against the prisoners, he sends a letter exposing the situation to the President. The President, who actually had ordered those crimes, accuses Quaresma of treason and arrests him. Quaresma's goddaughter and Ricardo try to save him, but are not successful. In the end, all his projects failed: his attempt to make Tupi language official, the agricultural enterprise and his trust on the Brazilian government. Quaresma is finally executed by the President he admired, and for the sake of the country he loved. References BARRETO, A.H. de Lima. Triste fim de Policarpo Quaresma. Rio de Janeiro; Edições de Ouro, 1975. (in Portuguese) MOISÉS, Maussaud. A Literatura Brasileira através dos textos. São Paulo; Cultrix, 1974. (in Portuguese) STEGAGNO-PICCHIO, Luciana. História da Literatura Brasileira. Rio de Janeiro; Nova Aguilar, 1977 (in Portuguese) Portuguese-language novels 1911 novels