O Bom-Crioulo (The Good-Creole), by Adolfo Caminha is a work from the late 19th Century, marked by the bravery of the author for dealing with such a sensitive issue for the time, the topic of sexual minorities. The author explores the influence of slavery on the behavior of individuals, particularly at a time when the whip of the owner was replaced by the lash of the boss, continuing the process in which work and acceptance were ensured, and rendering the individual passive. In this broken world, deeply severed, Adolfo Caminha lays bare, with raw naturalism, the jarring truth that the heroism and gallantry of a Marine were always seen as 'elite'.