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BETTER
EDUCATION
Money can open doors to better schools, better universities. It can prepare
the people for a future where they make something better. I took the picture
because it is a private school and a good school, but I didn’t study
in a private school. I have hope that my daughter will have a better future.
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Liliane Lúcia |
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UNION
I took this picture because the picture represents strong relationships,
hope and strength. In the text there are two people connected (woman and
man). This picture is connected to my life because when I was a child
my grandfather was sick with cancer in his head and before he died I stayed
with him until his death, I helped him, I had hope and I had a strong
relationship with him.
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Igor |
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CAN
MONEY OPEN EVERY DOOR?
When I took the picture I feel that money can’t open every door,
because money can’t open the doors of health. When one person has
a lot of money and is sick, she goes to the hospital. When people see
one person doesn’t have a lot of money in front of the hospital
she tries to buy her place, but people don’t like it.
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Sarah Evelyn Alves Fernandes
MONEY
DOESN’T OPEN EVERY DOOR
I took this picture because in here the money can’t buy life, health.
Money can help a little bit. If money buys health many people won’t
die and won’t be suffering from bad illness that are bad and sad.
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Camilla
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FRIENDSHIP
I took his picture to show how important it is to have people in my life
that I can trust. Natália is a person that I can trust and her
friendship helps me very much. In my life she helps me to overcome many
obstacles, gives me strength to continue with my problems. This is my
best friend. She studies with me, she goes to my house every day. At school
we sit together and I listen to her problems, for example when she fought
with her boyfriend.
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MY
FATHER, MY LIFE...
My father and I, we are great friends. Everything that my father can do
for me, he does. When I was a child everything that my father said to
me to do, I did. Today sometimes, my father and I argue, I don’t
do everything that he wants me to do, but my father knows that I love
him very much ... and I know that he loves me, too.
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Izabela de Morais Araújo |
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LOVE
Two hands, two loves, one heart. Two people meeting to build just one
way, just one life. I am thinking that love can build things and that
without love, everything is empty and dark like a night without moon
and stars, dry like a desert place. So, this picture shows the love
represented by two parts from the same whole full of hope, faith, all
that we have in our lives.
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Jaqueline Cunha
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THE
CAPITALIST WORLD
I took this picture, because many people think that money is not necessary,
but money is everywhere in your life. Today the world is very capitalist
and you will use money for all that you will buy. Health is very important,
but if you don’t have money and if you are sick, you can’t
use the private hospital where there are good physicians
Two houses, one very big and the other is small and poor. The people that
live in the big house have a life that is very good, because they have
money. In the small house the people live well, have a good life, but
they have to worry if tomorrow they will have money or will not have money.
For me, money is very important because I need money for everything I
do. I wish that everyone could have a lot of money, thus nobody would
have needs.
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Paulo Marcos Borges Filho |
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THE
LOVE IS BUILT
I took this picture because it illustrates a normal routine, but with
simple actions that complete it: giving someone small flowers, no matter
what time, or stopping a moment and looking deep in his eyes and to
know what he needs or what he is feeling. So, this picture illustrates
the theme of “Loving Donna”, because with simple actions
Donna’s husband showed his love, in the happy moments and in the
sad moments, he knew how to say “I love you” even though
Donna stayed in the hospital. In my life love is the feeling that is
the most important, but it is not easy to give and to receive true love.
For this reason I believe that love is built day after day, with simple
actions that show this feeling and so I try to do many things to make
my daily routine full of love.
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Ranyella Siqueira
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FAITH
I am an example for people because I have faith in my life and overcome
obstacles and I influence people to go to church. If people have persistence
for solving their problems they will feel better because the problems
will go away.
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Natália Ribeiro Pacheco |
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LOOKS
ARE DECEIVING
I took this picture because the most beautiful person outside can be
the worst person inside and the ugliest person can be the best person
inside. In my life I know a person who is ugly outside but she is completely
different inside, she is my companion, she is friendly and happy. I
know this person since I was a child, I like to see her. She has strength
and it is funny to talk with her.
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Matheus Ricardo
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A
SAD WOMAN
I took this picture, because the sadness of this woman caught my attention.
I learned that we have to fight until the end, because the woman in the
picture has all reasons to give up. But every day she goes in front of
the bank and waits for somebody to help her, because she doesn’t
agree with the way her life is. Despite the sadness, she has hope that
one day she will be happy and she never gets tired of fighting. I learned
too, that we have just complained and we forgot that we have people that
suffer much more than we do.
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Bruna Raquel |
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MY
COUNTRY
When I took this picture. I thought about my country and its people.
This country is my Brazil. It’s not only my country but also other’s
country that are in a similar position, such as Latin America. Thus
I try to imagine what the Brazilian people experience when they stay
in another country; principally Europe and the USA. This person tries
to get a good life in another country; but many people in this country
have a lot of prejudice. This is one thing that Brazilian people experience.
I never went to another country; this I know because I read newspaper
and I know people that stayed in these countries and suffered from it.
But me, I stay in my country and one day I received an e-mail and this
e-mail had news about Mc Donald’s, a big American industry. It
said that on their napkins it says “Save Amazônia, kill
one Brazilian”. It’s a big prejudice. Mc Donald’s
has a lot of power in the world so when one person that doesn’t
know Brazil see it, he will think this is a horrible country. I felt
sad about it but I hope one day the world doesn’t have prejudice
about nationality or ethnic or religion.
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Fernanda de Freitas Bueno
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THREE
IMPORTANT THINGS
I took this picture because I wanted to show one of the themes of the
story “Loving Donna”. This is an abstract picture because
it shows a clock that according to the text, represents the time. Time
is connected with many things like: hope, love and strong relationships.
Hope, because when we have this, we believe in life and go ahead with
every objective and maybe we get what we want. Love, because it is a feeling
that we build with time, we are not born with it. Strong relationships,
because when we have a difficult life we become closer with other people
and, love and hope increase.
And with hope, love and strong relationships our troubles pass faster.
Everything here is connected to my life, because the time shows that everything
has solutions and nothing is impossible if you just believe, and time
will help you accomplish what you want.
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Gabriela de Lima Santiago |
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FAMILY
LOVE
Everyone knows that family love is the true love, a love that overcomes
everything in everytime. It is the true love that allows you to forgive
everything. For example, if you did a bad thing to your mother and she
forgave you, it’s this that I tried to show in this picture. If
you look carefully you will see one hand, this hand can be Jesus’
hand or your father’s hand. It isn’t necessary to be sad
about one fight, God forgives everything. His mercy is forever.
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Thiago Henrique de Deus e Silva
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LOVE
BETWEEN FRIENDS
I took this picture because life is made of small moments. In my life
I think love between friends have to be forever. Pictures are like life’s
scenery and this scenery must be love, hope, friendship and beauty of
the nature.
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Andréa Alves
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FRIENDSHIP
I took this picture because I think that friendship is so important
for people and because we must have people to trust in the world, we
must have somebody to help us, to stay with us when we’re afraid.
And our best friend is our mother because she stays with us when we
need the most help. In my life, my best friend helps me so much and
so do I. For me she has my heart and I can’t live without her.
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Priscila Calil
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THE
LONELY OLD WOMAN
I took this picture because in my opinion, this life time is very important.
This old woman lives in the asylum Meu Lar, I think this act is inhuman,
because her sons don’t take care of her. She lives alone, she is
very sick, she doesn’t speak and she doesn’t walk anymore.
Her sons don’t visit her in the asylum. I feel very sad, at that
moment I got ashamed because many people do it with their mothers too.
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Maria Aliete
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BE
HAPPY ANYTIME!
I took this picture because I see in their faces the most pure happiness.
The day or the hour doesn’t matter. Her sons are having ice-cream
and getting out the square, seeing people. This time is important: parents
are with their sons, having fun and speaking too, knowing what they
think and what they can do or can’t do. It’s very important,
it can be Monday, Sunday ... anytime, we can do this anytime. In my
adolescence I remember that in the square I passed many times with my
family, my friends and I had fun a lot.
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Cláudia Maria Miranda
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HOUSE
WORK
I took this picture because I think in this place the owner lives with
the most prejudice and injustice that exists in the world. He lives in
this situation where he has his house and his work in the same place,
and his work doesn’t give him money or satisfaction. He doesn’t
have money to build a good house. Everybody thinks he is a bad person,
dishonest and impolite and doesn’t have enough education to participate
in society, and because of these facts he is excluded from society. In
my life I try not to think this way, because nowadays, the world doesn’t
permit us to give advice to others in need, but I can’t lie here,
I try to avoid people who live in bad situations because it is difficult
for me to believe in them.
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Marco Túlio Ramos Serrano |
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A
BEGGAR
This woman asked us for something, because she is a beggar. Everyday
she goes to the door of Bradesco to ask for tips. She is a sad woman,
she is a poor woman. She was very happy in this picture, because one
woman started to talk with her. I took this picture because it shows
the reality of the most part of the Brazilians. She is alone in the
world. She doesn’t have anybody in the world. She doesn’t
receive care! She suffered and suffers today too. I learned with this
picture that we have to thank God for everything that we have.
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Hadassa Leal
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STRENGTH
Donna was very strong when she discovered her sickness and she continued
to look forward, without feeling down. And another person that was very
strong in this story was her husband, he always carried about her, stayed
with her through difficult times and bad moments. In the end both of them
overcame all the difficult and their love was stronger than before. I
feel we need to be very strong to overcome the obstacles of our lives,
because many times we trip and sometimes we feel down and need strength
to continue our way.
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Kênia Aloane |
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EXPLOITATION
OF CHILDREN
I took the picture because I think the picture represents injustice.
The child could play, study, but he is working to help his family. I
think his family has difficulty in having money, but he wasn’t
sad, he is proud of his work. In my life I try to value things that
my parents give me. I don’t agree with the exploitation of children
and I think that it has to finish. Children have to study, play, even
if they have difficulties in their lives.
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Caroline
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A
YOUNG WORKER
I took this picture because it represents the true situation of many children
in Brazil, not just in Brazil but in the world. Many children have to
work to help their parents, to eat, to live and for this, they don’t
have time to study, so that in the future they could have better conditions
of life for their parents, for us and for their sons and daughters.
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Jéssica Cristina |
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BRAZILIAN
SOUL
I think this photo is like a flag of overcoming and it represents the
love of this man for his life, because even walking in a wheel chair he
works. I think he has a family too and he works hard to give the best
that himself can give to his family because he loves his family. If I
could give a title to this photo I would give a title like “Brazilian
Soul”, because to be Brazilian is never giving up.
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Hélio Baragatti |
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SADNESS
This picture shows two old women, abandoned by their families because
their families don’t have patience with these people that need to
be taken care of. I think that these people are not happy, because they
stay far from their families, although even though they are far, they
are beloved by others. My family always taught me to love the people.
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Mayara Yanna
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SOCIAL
INEQUALITY
I took this picture because there are a few people with a lot of money
and there are other people with very little money. I selected this picture
because it reveals the social inequality that exists in our world. This
house is my neighbors house, this house is beautiful big and perfect.
I would like to have a house like this one. My house is very good, but
not like this.
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Frederico
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THE
GREATEST LOVE
I took this picture because in my opinion the mother’s love is the
greatest one. A mother supports many things to her children. If her child
will be bad or it will have problems, she will love it for the rest of
her life, her love is unconditional. I observe this mother and I saw that
she loves so much her daughter because she took care of her. In my life
my mother’s love makes me try to be a good person. And I know that
she does anything for me and my brothers, it doesn’t matter if it’s
hard or easy. The mother’s love overcomes obstacles.
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IS
MONEY THE DOOR TO A BETTER LIFE?
I took this picture because if the person in the picture had money,
she wouldn’t need to beg. She is hungry. She would have a better
life, but she has problems in her leg. If the problems don’t have
a solution, then the money can’t open the door for healing her
leg. Money open many doors but not every doors.
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Antônio Lucas
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THE
TRUE VALUE?
I took the picture because the man asked me to take it. At that moment
I thought this man felt he was a victim of prejudice. I think he was thinking,
“God, nobody wants to photograph me,” and in that moment my
heart hurt, and it caught my attention, so he approached the car, and
with a sad face I took the picture. The men became happy, but I thought
a lot about that moment because the car was not his car and I think he
was thinking “I want this car, but I will never have one like this”,
I could see the value that people give to life as you are what you have
or how much money you have. I think that the true meaning of the life
it is not what you have, but what you are. I felt sad when I took this
picture because that man transmitted through his eyes what he was feeling,
how sad he was because he doesn’t have a car like that.
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SADNESS
I chose this woman to photograph because in this picture she shows the
sadness and the problems that many families have. When I saw this old
woman she caught my attention so I could show people whose families
abandoned them. I think that they don’t have money or patience
with her because she has problems. And when I look at the face of these
people I see sad people that suffer because her family didn’t
worry with her and the first thing they do is to abandon her. I am sad
because those people don’t have happiness, they don’t see
their families. The only thing that makes me happy is that those people
have been very well cared for. In my life I never put my parents in
this kind of house I think they both do the possible and impossible
things for me, for I study in a good school, have a good life and never
miss food. My parents didn’t do everything for me to be left behind
by me in the end of their lives. I think that when a person has a problem,
it is in this moment that we have to help them. Even when you don’t
have money to take care of them it is the time to do the impossible.
Because the people that do many things for you are the one you will
help.
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Styfanne Kettlyn
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