because to him they stand for order and civilization. Antonio knows that Gabriel’s father once dragged a priest from church and beat him after the priest preached against something that Antonio’s grandfather had done. At last Antonio goes downstairs‚ and María scolds Antonio for not being properly formal when greeting Ultima. Ultima requests that María not scold Antonio‚ as the night was hard on all the men in town. María protests that Antonio is still a baby. She says that she thinks it is a sin
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Antonio is Alienated I believe that in the novel Bless Me‚ Ultima Antonio is an alienated individual. He doesn’t seem to act like any of the other kids his age and has been through so much more then they have. For example‚ Antonio is torn between making his mother happy and becoming a priest‚ or making his father happy and becoming a cowboy type figure. He also has experienced a lot of death in his life to people he cared deeply about. I believe that Antonio is alienated because he has the
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Guatemala who have moved to Los Angeles. The protagonist‚ Antonio‚ takes a revenge on the antagonist‚ Longoria because he murdered Antonio¡¦s wife and son when he was a Guatemalan soldier. Tobar applies a number of metaphors to connect the buildings and freeways in downtown to Antonio¡¦s position in the city. Buildings‚ freeways‚ and shadows are metaphors for Antonio¡¦s economic and social status. Tobar uses description of buildings to reinforce Antonio¡¦s economic and social position in life. He informs
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The old man who read love stories * Lives in: El Idilio * Antonio: left Mountains with his betroved wife‚ Delores to help colonize Amazonian jungle‚ Dolores dies 2 years after they begin to live in the jungle. * Government fails to meet their promises proposed to the couple. * Antonio remains in the jungle for over 40 years. * Opening scene: “A kiss to remember their lives by”-him reading love story‚ having trouble. * Thinking about “passionate” kissing. Dolores never
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that Antonio processes his conflicts in his dreams. This passage is key for the understanding that Antonio’s dreams are his way of processing his conflict between the Catholic God and the Golden Carp. With the processing of Antonio’s conflicts‚ Anaya uses extremely vivid imagery to help us understand the meaning of this passage This Passage is key in realizing Antonio resolves his conflicts between the Catholic God and the Golden Carp. The Catholic God refuses to let Antonio in to
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eventually grow up. Bless Me‚ Ultima is about a young boy named Antonio whose family has been visited by a healer named Ultima. With Ultima there‚ Antonio will learn more about his family and himself‚ and finds out secrets that he never knew. Anaya uses dreams to portray Antonio as he goes through the struggles of growing up‚ including losing his innocence‚ the issue of what his parents want for him‚ and questioning his religion. Antonio slowly starts to realize that as children mature‚ they are forced
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victim. Shylock is a villain because he has evil intentions towards Antonio. In an aside‚ shylock displayed his hatred for Antonio when he said “If I catch him once upon the hip‚ I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.” This means that shylock’s hatred for Antonio has reached such a point that he desires to harm Antonio in some way. The phrase “feed fat” suggests that if he can find some way to get the upper hand of Antonio‚ He will use it to harm him in all possible ways. This is so that he
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names Portia. Bassanio has his friend Antonio borrow money from a Jewish money lender for him so that he could travel to Belmont. The Merchant of Venice has many different themes‚ including the two themes; revenge & love and friendship. The first theme in the play The Merchant of Venice is revenge. In the beginning of the play‚ Shylock (the Jewish money lender) tells the audience of his hatred for Antonio. Shylock hated Antonio for many reasons. Antonio had disgraced him‚ hindered him half a
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Bless Me‚ Ultima “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change‚ the courage to change the things I can‚ and the wisdom to know the difference” (Reinhold Niebuhr). In the novel Bless Me‚ Ultima‚ by Rudolfo Anaya‚ a young boy name Antonio Marez has faith to go through his childhood life to perceive in learning new aspects and independence in Catholicism in which he goes in the real world in order to create and establish new ideas and acknowledge himself into adulthood. Through the
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three months? Well.... Bassanio: dont worry‚ Antonio will guarantee the loan. If i fail to do so‚ antonio will do the payment Shylock: hmmm....hmm.... Bassanio: so tell me whats your decision? Shylock: three thousand ducats and 3 months. Final! Antonio will guarantee it Bassanio: your decision please? Shylock: antonio isnt bad‚ i guess Bassanio: so? Now you have it‚ anything to differ? Shylock: i didnt mean it that way! Saying he isnt bad means antonio will pay me since he has the money. He has ship
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