Compose an essay that supports Carolina Maria de Jesus’ perspective on marriage and sexual relationships were unorthodox for the time.Her critiques of marriage for women in the favela demonstrate how poverty and race shaped marriage quite differently from middle and upper class women in Brazil.

Compose an essay that supports one of the thesis options below. Each questions explores different aspect of Carolina’s experiences in mid-twentieth-century Brazil.Each student should design the topic of the essay but not retell the narrative of Carolina’s life. Pay attention as you begin reading her diary – what areas catch your interest? Where do you want to know more? You should pay attention to the places that pique your curiosity the most – this will help you to write a more interesting and compelling essay (and hopefully you will have fun writing it!) Also remember to:•Use one of the following thesis statements in your essay. Remember to locate evidence in Carolina’s diary that supports the thesis you choose.1.Though Carolina Maria de Jesus was not a civil rights or political activist in a formal sense, her keen observations on racial relations in mid-Century Brazil demonstrate that Gilberto Freyre’s notion of Racial Democracy was a myth.2.Carolina Maria de Jesus’ perspective on marriage and sexual relationships were unorthodox for the time. Her critiques of marriage for women in the favela demonstrate how poverty and race shaped marriage quite differently from middle and upper class women in Brazil.3.Carolina’s descriptions of hunger sit at the center of her writings; hunger motivates her daily actions and also limits her ability to participate in other activities (writing, education, caring for her children, etc.). As Carolina illustrates, the daily effort to put food on the table prevented favela dwellers from mobilizing to change their living conditions.4.Carolina’s journal illustrates the ways in which Vargas’ Labor Code only applied to workers in the formal economy. For favela dwellers like Carolina de Jesus, pension and worker’s compensation were not applicable. This dynamic reveals the ways in which Vargas’ policies benefited men (who tended to work in the formal economy as factory workers and truck drivers) more than women (who worked as maids and street vendors). 5.Develop a thesis of your own. You will need to get prior approval from the professor or T/A.•Remember to build upon your argument in each paragraph.