The chronicles analyzed in this paper repot, through poetic language, the realities of women, regarding issues related to gender, associated with the roles each sex plays in society. This paper aims at identifying the issues related to the construction of gender roles in three proses written by Eduardo Galeano: "A cultura do Terror/1", "Historia do Outro", and "Charlotte". The last receives more emphasis, since in "Charlotte" the main character considers and questions the values that govern society. The methodology used is of qualitative paradigm, constructed by bibliographical research. The theoretical framework used authors such as Louro, Foucaul, Galeano, Telles, among others. Through this analysis it was noticed that literature, in this case, the chronicle written in prose, has great acceptance among readers when its concepts are identified and reflected, contributing for the new presentation of reality that has been modified and for the construction of thinking.