Within the wide range of works and writers that make up the Portuguese Neo-Realism, is an easy to understand the movement, at its root, it has established itself as an aesthetic standard. Although a Marxist line guide clearly the ways and thoughts of the writers, different conceptions and interpretations of what we should build ourselves artistically. We face very unique writers, who work the theme, the background of neo-realist, absolutely distinct ways. The way each artist captures the reality and reconsiders in his works is very particular, doing research about what characterized the Neo-realism a huge patchwork quilt, in which the different and unlikely parts, removed a complex whole and cohesive. The way each author uses the word is undoubtedly a reflection of how each interprets reality. In this direction, by the way it works, using surgical precision in each word and also introduces the way and engenders a life force every event narrated, we highlight the figure of Manuel da Fonseca. This work aims to investigate primarily the writing strategies of the author, and, through the study of his fiction, showing how, from complex characters, Manuel da Fonseca creates a perspective that works the ideal neo-realist in an extremely and in particular enter into a world of discovery, where the recognition and learning are the keys that enable the opening of an imminent transformation zone.