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5. Thesis statement and topic sentences. (Group assignement **- Online task)**
Write a thesis statement and ten topic sentences to support your thesis.


 * * Create a NEW PAGE called THESIS in order to do this task. **


 * Thesis statement:**

Manuel Bandeira was a famous Brazilian poet who lived in Rio de Janeiro and was part of the Modernist movement. His life was marked by the serious disease tuberculosis. As a result, this situation affected his work as a writter, reflecting in his poems. This essay is intended to discuss the relationship between the poetic speaker and the author himself, analyzing some of his poems in comparison with his difficulties caused by his health problems.


 * Topic sentences:**

1. Manuel Carneiro de Sousa Bandeira Filho was born in Recife, Brazil, 1886, and died in Rio de Janeiro, 1968. (short Bandeira's biography)

2. His work is still very important even nowadays to the Brazilian Literature and he has been influencing readers and writers as well. (description of his works)

3. At about 1906, Manuel Bandeira found out he was suffering from tuberculosis and it started to change his life and later on his work. (special focus on his disease)

4. It is possible to notice the relationship between this desease and his work. (poems as examples)

5. The relationship between the poetic speaker and the author himself is clear in his poems. (analyses of the poetic speaker)

6. Conclusion.