“Understanding comes with life‚ as a man grows he sees life and death‚ he is happy and sad‚ he works‚ plays‚ meets people‚ sometimes it takes a lifetime to acquire understanding‚ because in the end understanding simply means having sympathy for people‚ Ultima has sympathy for people‚ and it is so complete that with it she can touch their soul and cure them.” ( Anaya‚ Rudolfo ). It is true if you cannot understand you cannot feel‚ understanding with the sensitivity you know why you feel that way. It is
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In the story Bless Me‚ Ultima‚ Antonio was faced with several cultural conflicts that influenced his moral compass and cultural identity. First‚ he is faced with a cultural conflict between his mother and father’s aspirations for his destiny. His mother‚ who came from a family of farmers and known as men of the people‚ wanted Antonio to pursue a future life as a priest. While his father‚ who came from a family of cowboys and rode the IIano to find new discoveries wanted Antonio to follow in his
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In the book Bless Me‚ Ultima‚ Ultima 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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Rudolfo Anaya intertwined the culture and background surroundings to create a book with an opening eye moral. “Bless me‚ Ultima” 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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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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Andre Lamar Gibbs 17 August 2015 Q&A (BLESS ME‚ ULTIMA) 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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Antonio Marez. He argues with God and the Virgin Mary. He commutes with the dead; the dead asks him for blessings. Just who is this Tony person! You might not believe that this is only a seven year old kid‚ but he is the hero of Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me‚ Ultima. Tony is valiant‚ and this courage sometimes reflects his curiously precocious nature. Precocious he is‚ he still is in constant mental ambivalence.<br><br>When I say Tony is brave‚ I don’t mean that he fights demons or kill dragons‚ but rather
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young and innocent child commonly endeavors to achieve the dreams of their parents‚ and Antonio is no exception. In Bless Me‚ Ultima‚ 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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In Bless Me‚ Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya‚ the golden carp is a symbol that contributes to a theme in the novel. The golden carp represents many things. It symbolizes a magical religious order not related to Catholicism. Antonio learns about the fish’s presence when Samuel tells him about some God in the waters. When Antonio finally is shown to the golden carp god by Cico‚ he is scared and doesn’t reject the idea. This is because at the beginning of the book‚ he feels he is abandoning God and showing
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