“O meu pé de laranja lima”: uma análise acerca da violência contra crianças no Brasil

Abstract

The study addresses the issue of violence against children and adolescents based on the work “My Sweet-Orange Tree”, written by José Mauro de Vasconcelos. The research is justified, as violence against children is a factor of remote origin in human history that still perpetuates in Brazilian culture, with a significant incidence of cases of violence against children in Brazil. The objective of this work is to relate the violence against children portrayed in the literary work with the Brazilian reality, as well as to analyze the legal framework aimed at the protection of children and adolescents in Brazil, more specifically the Statute of the Child and the Adolescent (ECA), the Law of Spanking and the Henry Borel Law. For this, the inductive method was used through qualitative research carried out through a theoretical and documental reference survey, using the legislation. It notes that legislation aimed at protecting the rights of children and adolescents represented a great advance in terms of preventing and combating violence against children by establishing the duty of the family, the State and society as a whole to ensure the well-being of children and adolescents. However, even after the creation of legal provisions, violence is still a constant in the national situation, requiring a closer look at this vulnerable group.