1. Rio de Janeiro
1.1. city of pleasure and wealth
2. Mirelli
2.1. Gloria's goddaughter and cousin
2.2. spent her youth in FUNABEM
2.2.1. both parents were alcoholics
2.2.1.1. no stable place to live
2.2.1.2. mother died at six years old
2.3. two sisters
2.3.1. Josefa
2.3.2. Denise
2.4. sexually abused by mothers friend
3. Lucas
3.1. mother died
3.1.1. went to live with his godmother- Aparecida
3.1.1.1. godfather wanted to hurt him
3.1.1.1.1. went to live with Rosineide, Aparecida's sister in law
3.1.1.2. provoked unlucky
4. crime
4.1. class
4.1.1. lower class
4.1.1.1. criminalization of the poor
4.1.1.1.1. race
4.1.2. upper/ middle class
4.2. police
4.2.1. off hours as killers
4.2.2. the criminal vs. policeman
4.2.2.1. compared rather than opposed
5. Dilmar
5.1. local gang leader
5.1.1. "good bandits"
5.2. well respected
5.3. charming
6. gangs
6.1. protection
6.2. local police
6.2.1. more sympathetic profile than police
6.2.2. mediators of corrupt police
6.3. fueled by drug trafficking
6.3.1. addicts are automatically involved in gangs
6.3.2. drugs chiefs
6.3.2.1. important local figures
6.3.2.2. employment for youth
6.4. wages
6.5. relationship between bandits and police
6.6. organized crime
7. Ivo
7.1. one of the original favelas
7.2. Lulu
7.2.1. Ivo's counterpart
7.2.2. corrupt police officer
7.2.2.1. shot Ivo in face
7.2.3. hated by many
7.2.3.1. relief after death
7.2.4. sister "Katy Mahoney"
7.2.4.1. civil police officer
8. Breno
8.1. gang war in Felicidade Eterna
8.1.1. amigos dos amigos
8.1.1.1. Breno helped them take over
8.1.1.1.1. Breno got kicked out
8.1.2. Colegio das Arvores
8.2. attempted dono after Dilmar died
9. murders
9.1. never sure of the killers or who to be killing
10. Gerson
10.1. Glorias ex
10.1.1. Pedro and Fernanda's father
10.2. Pedro Pablo
10.2.1. Pedro in prison for drug trafficking
10.2.1.1. crentes- women trying to get close to prisoners for God
10.2.2. loved music and politics
10.2.2.1. Red Command
10.2.2.1.1. went to prison
10.2.3. his "woman" got pregnant and wanted to abort
10.2.3.1. wanted to kill her
11. FUNABEM
11.1. training ground for young children
11.2. street children
11.2.1. film: Pixote
11.2.1.1. cruelty of institutions
11.2.1.2. criminalized street children
11.2.1.2.1. scrawny, weak boy, carrying guns and trafficking guns
11.2.2. drafted into other illicit activities
12. childhood in Northeast Brazil
12.1. nurtured
12.1.1. rich
12.1.2. "coddled progeny of middle class families"
12.2. nurturing
12.2.1. poor
12.2.2. bring resources to mothers
12.2.3. nurture household
12.2.4. moral obligations
13. affairs
13.1. Adriana
13.1.1. glorias neighbor
13.1.2. wife of Ciro
13.1.3. affair with with another married man in favela, Soni
13.1.3.1. gang beat Soni
13.1.3.1.1. raped his ex-wife
13.2. Marilia
13.2.1. glorias neighbor
13.2.2. husband, Celso having affair
13.2.3. brother mistaken for a rapist
14. church
14.1. positive on black self-esteem
14.2. evangelics
14.2.1. less prejudice
14.3. protestants
14.3.1. black pride