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    Andre Lamar Gibbs 17 August 2015 Q&A (BLESS MEULTIMA) In the book it stated that a Curandera is a women who knows the herbs and remedies of the ancients‚ an miracle worker who could heal the wounded/sick. Her role in the Pueblo communities of New Mexico is a doctor/healer‚ and they serve their village and the village residents ‚they spread health and also spiritual goodness and well being. Antonio is heavily serious‚ curious and

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    Rudolfo Anaya intertwined the culture and background surroundings to create a book with an opening eye moral. “Bless meUltima” did not just illustrate the life of Antonio‚ but also the battles that he had to face to become the person who he was at the end. By showing the struggles of Antonio’s day to day life Anaya gave the readers the experience of battling between the dreams of the adults and the children. This was mostly illustrated in the tussle that Antonio faced because of the pre-made future

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    In the book Bless MeUltimaUltima is an old woman who was invited to stay at our protagonist house‚ Antonio‚ to live the remainder years of her life with the Marez family. But there is a controversy to who is Ultima‚ a witch or curandera? Ultima calls herself a curandera‚ someone who uses herbs and old customs to heal someone else‚ but some people in the book call her a bruja‚ which is Spanish for witch. Ultima is called a witch many times in the novel but neither denies nor accepts the accusation

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    quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature‚ music‚ speech‚ or other forms of expression‚ of evoking a feeling of pity or compassion. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pathos?s=t) Example: In Chapter 6 of Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me Ultima‚ Anaya uses pathos‚ “For the first time I would be away from the protection of my mother (Anaya51). Function: The pathos used on the above example is significant because it explains the amount of love and attachment Antonio has towards his mother

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    BLESS ME ULTIMA The Mystical Three The number three is being constantly used throughout this book. Every time Rudolfo Anaya uses three‚ it is always representing different situations. In Bless MeUltima‚ the use of the mystical number three supports the magical realism embedded in the novel. Antonio is a six year old boy who has three older brothers and they all happen to have a big impact on him and he really looks up to them‚ especially Andrew. For example‚ “Andrew had said he wouldn’t

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    young and innocent child commonly endeavors to achieve the dreams of their parents‚ and Antonio is no exception. In Bless MeUltima‚ parents of Antonio‚ a six-year-old boy‚ invite Ultima‚ a curandera‚ to live with them. During her stay‚ Ultima sees Antonio internally struggling to find his destiny since his parents each wants him to choose only his or her path. Due to this‚ Ultima constantly advises Antonio to prepare him in deciding his destiny as he grows up. Throughout the novel‚ Rudolfo Anaya

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    Natalie N. English II Things Have Changed (Bless Me Ultima Final Draft) In Anaya’s Bless Me Ultima‚ Antonio doesn’t see much of a future in becoming a priest or a vaquero as he learns of new cultures and beliefs which contradict his parents’ choice of destiny. With Ultima’s guidance Antonio comes to terms of having an open mind and learns to live with both the new and old beliefs in harmony. Antonio struggles with the thought of becoming a priest as he witnesses Lupitos last

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    thought about their life and if they have lived it satisfactory enough to rest in peace. In Rudolfo Anaya’s novel‚ BlessMe Ultima‚ Anaya uses the motif of death to develop the main character‚ Antonio. The passing of characters takes a toll on young Antonio‚ but also makes him aware that life needs to be savored and lived to it’s fullest. The deaths of Lupito‚ Ultima’s owl‚ and Ultima assist Antonio in fully understanding and appreciating life which ultimately makes him grow as a character. One

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    Bless Me, Ultima Poem

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    Silence of the night is bitterly killed by Ultima’s owl Watching for death‚ clashes‚ and punishment to happen before its eyes. Keeping Antonio company in place of Ultima‚ Warns of trouble to come. Owl‚ owl‚ owl Just an owl you are not. A second body‚ soul you have in another place Past mountains‚ across oceans it is not. Merely across the street gathering herbs for witchcraft For you have been blamed for using against man. Pigeon of the night Just a kind soul you were not. The

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    “You are innocent until you understand...”(71). In Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya‚ Anaya writes about a young boy who witnesses terrible events and has to learn to understand the inevitability of said events. Antonio Márez‚ due to many outside events‚ is forced to question all of the morals and beliefs he has been taught and by doing so‚ he’s also forced to lose his innocence. While growing up Tony’s family‚ his mom especially‚ are devout Catholics. Tony was raised in a Catholic way‚ and believes

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