Stephanie Granados Caleb English‚ Big Lit Bless me‚ Ultima draft #1 Bless me‚ Ultima is a novel by Rudolfo Anaya that takes place in a poor farming community in Guadalupe‚ New Mexico. Antonio‚ the main character in the book‚ at such a young age he is witness to death‚ violence and evil. He is forced to make decisions that will affect his future. As this takes place Antonio is surrounded by various conflicts that in a way help him make his decisions. These conflicts; Good versus Evil‚
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breathe. In the novel Bless Me‚ Ultima the main character Antonio is exposed to good and evil. He is young and never really was exposed to evil since he is always home and safe away from it. Antonio is affected by the actions of good and evil throughout the book. The first time Antonio encountered evil was Lupito’s death. “I turned and ran. The dark shadows of the river enveloped me as a race for safety home…The horror of darkness had never been so complete as it was for me that night.” (pg. 22)
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thinking into a new reality. Bless Me Ultima‚ by Rudolfo Anaya‚ tells a coming of age story about main character Antonio. Ultima joins the Marez household and guides Antonio to his own destiny. Harsh’s experiences alter his perspective on his question‚ what he should do with his life. Ultima’s owl‚ the Golden Carp and the river are symbols that help
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gives us hope in times of loss or confusion. Whether it be numbered tickets‚ science‚ history‚ or religion‚ humans are made to have a purpose are designed to overcome the obstacles thrusted upon them and to seek a resolution
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never made‚ like a coin endlessly flipping through an eternal void. These dispositions exist as opposites‚ yet there is a middle ground; a coin must have two sides‚ but it must also have center that connects the two. In Rudolfo Anaya’s novel‚ Bless Me‚ Ultima‚ Antonio Marez struggles between two worlds; his mother’s side of the Lunas‚ and the foil
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In Bless Me‚ Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya‚ the protagonist‚ Antonio functions as a “damsel in distress”‚ waiting to be free from entrapment and lack of control‚ which is a central component of his coming of age and loss of innocence. Antonio is caught between the conflicting expectations of his Luna mother and Marez father‚ two distinct families represented by their last names. His mother‚ being a Luna‚ wishes for him to continue her family’s religious traditions and become a priest‚ while his Marez father
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Gender Roles within Bless Me‚ Ultima Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me‚ Ultima is considered to be one of the centerpieces to Chicano culture. The novel follows a family of six children during the Second World War. Three of the children have left for the war and the family takes in an old curandera‚ or medicine woman. Progressing through the novel‚ Anaya opens a window to the Chicano gender roles to the reader. Broadly speaking‚ in a typical male dominated culture‚ the men are responsible for all affairs
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on the other hand his dad’s side of the family are cowboys wild and free on the open llano. He wants to make both of his parents happy‚ but also learn from other experiences that make it difficult for him to agree with their wants. He works with Ultima helping her collect herbs and healing his uncle. A significant action performed by Antonio is when stands up for Florence during the mock confession. When Florence says that he has never sinned and the other boys start to beat him up‚ Antonio sees
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Mockingbirds: The mockingbird is a symbol that is used to show the idea of innocence. A mockingbird brings nothing but good with its’ beautiful songs‚ so if you kill a mockingbird it is a sin because it is so innocent. Boo Radley is often connected to the mockingbird because he is innocent in his situation and it is wrong for people to assume bad things about him when they do not really know him‚ and he is slowly destroyed by the people of Maycomb throughout the book. The Mad Dog: Tim Johnson
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In Bless Me‚ Ultima‚ Antonio leaves his childhood behind and seeks to reconcile his conflicting cultural and religious identities. Although Antonio is only six years old at the start of the narrative‚ he already possesses a keenly questioning mind‚ a great deal of moral curiosity‚ and a solemn appreciation for the seriousness of life. Some of his traits are typical of children his age‚ such as his anxiety at leaving his mother to start school. In other ways‚ Antonio is extraordinary. He is much more
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