Jasmine Tran Ms. Brzowski English 2 PDP - Period 1 09.12.2012 Seminar Notes: Bless Me Ultima 1. Bless Me Ultima fits the description of "magical realism" because the story talks a lot about a curandera named Ultima. As we all know‚ a curandera is a healer. Rudolfo Anaya portrays Ultima as this old lady who has magical and spiritual powers. She seems to bring life to things around her. "When she came the beauty of the llano unfolded before my eyes‚ and the gurgling waters of the river sang to
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Bless Me Ultima Eventually everyone grows up and leaves their childhood behind. In the story Bless Me Ultima the author Rudolfo Anaya explores the coming of age of the main character‚ Antonio Maréz. Antonio experiences events and meets people that will cause him to grow up. Antonio loses his innocence because he witnessed three murders and was exposed to Ultima’s powers and the golden carp. Tony lost his innocence because he has experienced three people being murdered. In the book Antonio is
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to which fate binds you‚ and love the people with when fate brings you together‚ but do so with all your heart.” (Marcus Aurelius) What this quote is saying is that people should accept things in which fate binds people. Rudolfo Anaya’s novel Bless Me Ultima takes place in Guadalupe‚ New Mexico after World War II. This novel is about a young boy named Antonio. He does not know what his destiny is going to be when he grows up. So his mother and father have already planned his future. His mother wants
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In the book Bless me Ultima‚ there are a lot of connections to the two poems "The Tiger" and "The Lamb". In "The Tiger" the tiger is this fierce scary and sinful creature. The tiger brings sin to people’s life. The tiger represents all the sin that is brought to Antonio’s life. The sin being when Lupito is shot‚ and when he learns about the golden carp‚ and when he is used in the exorcism of his Uncle Lucas. In the poem "The Lamb" the lamb is referred to as being innocent and sin free. The lamb
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Halloween but also in a book. Bless me‚ Ultima written by Rudolfo Anaya. This book is about a boy‚ Antonio‚ who is choosing between his mother’s dream and his father’s dream. In the meantime‚ Ultima comes to live with them‚ and with Ultima’s help‚ Antonio chooses to combine his parents’ dreams both. But Tenorio‚ an evil person who has three witch daughters‚ tries to kill Ultima and Antonio. Ultima is a witch because she performs black magic and has an owl as her soul. Ultima curses Tenorio’s three
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Taylor‚ Alec Per.2 From the Author Assignment Hi my names Rudolfo Anaya‚ and I am the author of the story Bless Me‚ Ultima‚ and I would like to answer some commonly asked questions about this story. I will answer questions numbered 8 and 10 today. First‚ Antonio believes that the best god will be a woman because He thinks that she would forgive easier. This matters to Antonio because at this point in his life he realized that his own three brothers are major sinners‚ and spend a lot of
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Antonio’s Growing Up In the novel‚ Bless Me Ultima‚ Antonio Marez has personal endeavors that provide him with his outlook on life. The author‚ Rudolfo Anaya sets this up beautifully by putting the protagonist‚ Antonio‚ through a riveting and exciting plot. In the novel‚ Antonio Marez has multiple exposures of maturity‚ such as being raised in a rural area‚ experiencing death firsthand‚ and learning the act of forgiveness. An experience that gives Antonio a different outlook on life is being
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Throughout "Bless Me‚ Ultima" there are numerous allusions to Antonio being‚ or becoming Christ. Such as in one of his dreams from the first half of the book‚ "It is neither! I shouted. I swung the dark robe of the priest over my shoulders then lifted my hands in the air. The mist swirled around me and sparks flew when I spoke. It is the presence of the river. Save us‚ my brothers cried and cowered at my words. I spoke to the presence of the river and it allowed my brothers to cross with their carpenter
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Talfud once said that‚ “Men see in their dreams only that what is suggested by their own thought.” In Bless Me Ultima‚ the passage after Narciso’s death is crucial in understanding 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
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will probably become a man of learning according to Ultima‚ Whether or not this means that Antonio will become a priest as well is uncertain. Considering his questions about religion and morality and his anxieties about sin‚ it seems as if the life of a priest is not for him. However‚ no matter what he decides to do when he becomes an adult‚ the most important thing is that he has learned to make his own path. “I had more time to spend with Ultima‚ and in her company I found a great deal of solace
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