Bless Me‚ Ultima tells the story of a young boy named Antonio and his loss of innocence‚ self-discovery‚ and the struggle to find enduring values. When Antonio Marez is six years old‚ his parents send for an old woman‚ Ultima‚ who stays with their family in a small village in post-war New Mexico where modern influence is starting to spread out from the cities. Ultima is a curandera who heals using herbs and magic and is often out casted because people believe she is a witch‚ but she inspires Antonio
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In his book‚ “Bless Me‚ Ultima”‚ author Rudolfo Anaya documents through a fictional novel‚ the life experiences of a child‚ Antonio‚ who is deeply conflicted by his cultural and religious identity‚ he describes the struggles‚ the tragedies‚ and the dilemmas that this young boy has to endure and witness throughout his life. The book takes place in different cities throughout New Mexico. Divided into 22 different chapters the author records the predicaments that Antonio experiments as he struggles
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Symbolism in Dreams 	In Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me‚ Ultima‚ the author uses Tony’s dreams as a way of displaying various symbols. Three symbols that are used often are weather‚ water‚ and the Golden Carp. Weather is used to represent conflict. Water represents cleansing‚ and rejuvenation. The Golden Carp symbolizes religion and Tony’s beliefs. Because dreams are a not an exact mirror of reality‚ they become the perfect tool for introducing symbolism. The author uses the dream as a way to access
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underlying truth is that yet a 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
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“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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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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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 Me‚ Ultima‚ 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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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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Anaya’s “Bless Me‚ Ultima” captures the integration of the supernatural and real worlds of Mexican Culture and translates it to show how this molds the central character‚ Antonio Marez y Luna (Tony)‚ specifically in his faith. The journey Tony goes through is steered predominantly by three major elements traditionally‚ in Catholicism‚ anciently‚ in The Golden Carp‚ and supernaturally‚ in Ultima as a curandera. In the beginning of the novel the audience can see the unyielding faith that Tony has for
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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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