1. Humor
1.1. Black humor
1.1.1. Sexual Joking/teasing
1.1.2. rape
1.2. Laughter
1.3. Coping mechanism
1.3.1. Tragedy
1.3.1.1. Family Death
1.3.1.2. Lucas's childhood
2. Gloria
2.1. Faxineira
2.2. Mother
2.2.1. Pedro Paulo
2.2.1.1. Deceased
2.2.1.1.1. Shot
2.2.1.1.2. Rocinha
2.2.1.1.3. 1995
2.2.1.2. Criminal Activity
2.2.1.2.1. Comando Vermelho
2.2.1.2.2. Armed Robbery
2.2.1.3. Son
2.2.1.4. Enjoys Reggae
2.2.1.5. Angry
2.2.1.5.1. Believes "honest" workers cheated out of their futures
2.2.1.5.2. Worse after FUNABEM
2.2.2. Fernanda
2.2.2.1. Daughter
2.2.2.2. "A Falecida Um"
2.2.2.2.1. The First Deceased
2.2.2.3. Thrown out
2.2.2.3.1. Caught Flirting with Gloria's Lover
2.2.3. Filomena
2.2.3.1. Daughter
2.2.3.2. Thrown out
2.2.3.2.1. Severely hurt Alexandro
2.2.3.3. "A Falecida Dois"
2.2.3.3.1. The Second Deceased
2.2.4. Tiago
2.2.4.1. Son
2.3. Adopted children
2.3.1. Mirelli
2.3.1.1. Highlights Themes
2.3.1.1.1. Symbols
2.3.1.1.2. Vulnerability
2.3.1.1.3. Predation
2.3.1.2. Family Tragedy
2.3.1.2.1. Alocoholism
2.3.1.2.2. Infidelity
2.3.1.2.3. Gambling
2.3.1.2.4. Death
2.3.1.3. Siblings
2.3.1.3.1. Denise
2.3.1.3.2. Josefa
2.3.1.4. Grandparents
2.3.1.4.1. Quiteria
2.3.2. Lucas
2.3.2.1. Parents
2.3.2.1.1. Celina
2.3.2.2. Grandparents
2.3.2.3. Siblings
2.3.2.3.1. Claudia
2.3.2.3.2. Alexandro
2.3.2.3.3. Marta
2.3.2.3.4. Roberto
2.3.3. Claudia
2.3.4. Alexandro
2.3.5. Marta
2.3.6. Roberto
2.4. Lower class
2.5. Lover
2.5.1. Zezinho
2.5.1.1. Complicated Relationship
2.6. Friend
2.6.1. Joanna
2.6.1.1. Children
2.6.1.1.1. Camargo
2.6.1.1.2. Marieta
2.7. Daughter
2.7.1. Validirene
2.7.1.1. Gloria's Mom
2.7.1.2. Personality
2.7.1.2.1. Prudish
2.7.1.2.2. Strict
2.7.1.3. Religious
2.7.1.4. Vivid Storyteller
2.7.1.4.1. Dreams
3. Dona Beth
3.1. Upper Class
3.1.1. Hire domestic workers
3.1.1.1. Sign of class
3.1.1.2. Gloria
3.1.1.3. Soneca
3.2. Gloria's employer
4. Politics
4.1. Power struggle
4.1.1. Local Gangs
4.1.2. Poverty
4.1.2.1. Begging
4.2. Lack of women
4.3. Class relations
4.3.1. Cultivated incompetence
4.3.2. Upper vs Lower class
4.3.2.1. Struggle for "The Good Life"
4.4. Sexuality
4.4.1. Can affect class
4.4.1.1. Homosexuality
4.4.1.1.1. Men who receive anal sex
4.4.1.1.2. Men who eat other men
4.4.1.2. Infidelity
4.4.1.2.1. women
4.4.1.2.2. Men
4.4.1.3. Highly Active
4.4.1.3.1. Women
5. Elis
5.1. adopted son
5.1.1. Nelsinho
5.1.1.1. teased for having a transgendered "Mother"
5.1.1.2. Gloria worries that he'll become a "sissy"
5.2. Gloria's neighbor
5.3. travisti
5.3.1. transgendered
5.3.1.1. male to female
5.4. misjudged
5.4.1. ridiculed for being transgendered
5.4.1.1. privately provoked derogatory remarks
5.4.2. admired for being a good person
6. Marilia
6.1. Gloria's friend/neighbor
6.2. married to Celso
6.3. Mother
6.4. Tragedy
6.4.1. survived many unknown hardships growing up
6.5. Vengeful
6.5.1. unsuccessfully poisoned Celso