His father and his uncles, Joséde Brito Alves and Caetano Galhardo, were militant criminal lawyers, which was why Demócrito became familiar with the meaning of the words right, justice, freedom, habeas corpus and the constitution from early on.

Initiated as the Grupo de Jaboatão, this literary movement known as Geração 65 was created in the city of Jaboatão dos Guararapes, in Pernambuco.