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The local druggist and Bacamarte's sycophantic friend who supports the doctor until it no longer serves his interests.

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The central argument of is that "madness" is a social construct. In Itaguaí, a man is mad if he disagrees with Dr. Bacamarte. Machado suggests that in real life, the same is true: sanity is usually defined by whoever holds power. The local druggist and Bacamarte's sycophantic friend who

is a masterclass in irony that reminds us that sometimes, the most "rational" people are the ones we should fear the most. In Itaguaí, a man is mad if he disagrees with Dr

Read not as a 19th-century Brazilian artifact, but as a warning label for any society that mistakes authority for truth.