Marcos writes a letter to Dani describing the advantages and disadvantages of living in João Pessoa, Brazil. Some of the benefits mentioned are its location as the easternmost point in the Americas with a beautiful coastline and blue skies, welcoming people, and status as the home of famous Brazilian artists like Elba Ramalho and Augusto dos Anjos. However, some challenges are a lack of resources compared to similarly sized cities, very confusing traffic where people ignore traffic laws, and an increase in crime.

1. Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Centro de Ciências Humanas, Letras e Artes
Departamento de Letras Estrangeiras Modernas
Semester: 2015.1
Subject: English Language Intermediate III
Professor: Danielle Almeida
Student: Marcos Tadeu – 11219155
Hello Dani, how is it going? I hope you’re well!
Well, I’d like to tell you how amazing dwell in João Pessoa, of course I’ll tell
you the good things and not so good things. At first moment Joao Pessoa is the
easternmost point of the Americas, Jampa, as we call it, is well known as the place
where the sun rises first. There are a lot of advantages to live in Jampa and choose it
to live, for example: our Flora and fauna are charming and unique, one of the most
beautiful coastlines of the Northeast with a sky almost always blue!
Furthermore, Jampa has a very welcoming people, happy, generous, friendly
and humble. João Pessoa is the home to many nationally known artists such as Elba
Ramalho and Zé Ramalho, Santana, Os Gonzagas (The Gonzagas) and many others.
Did you notice I just talked about Forró?! Forró is my favourite music style, I really
enjoy dance Forró and this is one of most popular and one of most popular music
styles in Joao Pessoa. Another important artist from João Pessoa is Augusto dos Anjos
consider one of the most critical poets of his time, and even today his work is admired
by both lay and by literary critics.
Now, I have to tell you bad things about Jampa or not so interesting. The
pessoenses, who is from João Pessoa, need a lot of resources and offers a city of
similar size has. It has a very confusing and messy traffic! People do not respect
crosswalks and constantly go beyond the red light. Jampa has a commercial centre
completely disorganized and nowadays the crime and robberies bus has increased
considerably. I cannot go on with these comments otherwise you will find a reason to
move.