A cria o de um mito

How and why myths are created – whether they be about a person, a fact or a circumstance – and get established in History as being true. Brazil is fostering the myth of a hero, Jo o Candido, a humble sailor who confronted the government, leading to the abolition of the “cat of nine tails”, a form of punishment that used to be administered in the Navy. What caused the Revolt of 1910, supposedly led by Jo o Candido, how it developed, and his role in it. The Navy’s condition after the “amnesty”, with its ships unarmed, but in dangerous situation as it became dominated by radical elements. The second rebellion. The part Jo o Candido’s played in it. His profile and the press. The punishments. The myth. The inappropriateness of, in History, viewing a century ago from a present-day point of view.