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    In many cultures, modern beliefs and native myths blend to create a new way of life. Antonio, from Bless me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya, causes the blend of modern and traditional in the Chicano culture because of his inability to choose between the beliefs of his parents. Antonio’s mother is a strict Catholic and the descendant of farmers, and Antonio’s father believes in the golden carp and descends from vaqueros. They pressure Antonio to choose, but, with Ultima’s guidance, he discovers that it

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    In the novel Bless Me Ultima it explains to the reader how important it is do things independent. The novel takes place in Guadalupe New Mexico during and after World War 2. Rudolfo tries to convince the reader that making decision has to to be a independent choice. Making decisions can affect any everything in your life , whether it with family or just everyday life. Decision making can be very difficult sometimes. You can either make the right decision that will have the best possible outcome

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    In the book, Bless Me, Ultima, written by Rudolfo Anaya Tony ends up having a mentor that he never expected. After Ultima comes and stays with Tony’s family, Ultima becomes the biggest influencer in his life because she is the only one who knows his destiny. Ultima teaches Tony about the deeper things in life that no one else is able to teach him because her outlook on the world is different from everyone in his family. The main aspects that is included in Ultima’s significant lessons for Tony

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    In the novel “Bless Me Ultima” by Rudolfo Anaya, the main character, Antonio, goes through many hardships. For example he feels very confused about his future, his brothers decisions, and his religion. His father's Marez blood that runs through Antonio is that blood of a people who live off the land and come from the sea. His mother's lunas blood gives Antonio his spirituality and faith in God. This confuses Antonio because he doesn't know whose footsteps to follow. I feel like I can relate to this

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    In the novel Bless me Ultima there is a woman named Ultima, this woman is Antonio’s grandmother they call her Ultima because she is a curandera, a curandera is a natural healer. Antonio's grandmother Ultima uses medical plants to heal the locals in the pueblo communities In the state of New Mexico. There are a handful of people that think she’s a witch cause of what ultima does , but Ultima uses her medical plants for good. Both Antonio and his grandmother Ultima have a Special connection

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    weather” and therefore cannot watch over everyone all the time (Anaya 197). In Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya, Tony learns about other religions and strange powers on Earth other than Christianity, the main religion in his town, on his quest for knowledge. Curious, Tony learns about the Golden Carp, an ancient god in the form of a large fish, and Ultima, a powerful woman, as he begins to grow up. Anaya uses Ultima, the Golden Carp, and God to show how religion changes a person’s perspective of

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    HOOK & CONTEXT Bless Me, Ultima is a chicano story written by Rudolfo Anaya which follows Antonio Marez, a seven year old boy who meets Ultima, a curandera who moves in with Antonio and changes Tony’s beliefs about religion and even himself. THESIS Anaya shows us Antonio's interactions with Ultima in order to demonstrate that tony only matures when he loses his innocence, we must realize that growing up is naturally evil in order to choose whether to stay young and innocent or grow to be mature

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    Although Bless Me, Ultima is widely celebrated for its authentic description of Latino culture and folklore, it is also a fine example of buildings roman, or coming of age story. The main character, Antonio, experiences trials, descents into darkness, heroic feats and achievement of new knowledge. By the end of the story he has learned the struggles of what life has to offer that caused reconcile of making a man of himself. The first stage of Antonio's coming of age are the trials he undergoes

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    has gone through personally unique experiences and has a unique set of memories. People are the sum of their own experiences. However, people connect with others too often intertwine and have similar experiences together. In Rudolfo Anaya’s “Bless me Ultima” the young Chicano Antonio learns about the world through his own personal perspective. Since he lives with others and sees and hears similar things as they do, he is influenced similarly, but he still develops his own ideas through his own noticings

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    The House on Mango Street and Bless Me Ultima: Reader’s P.O.V. “The House on Mango Street” and “Bless Me,Ultima” are similar, but they have their differences. Whereas, “Bless Me, Ultima” is about a young boy growing up with his future chosen for him by his parents and him dealing with religion, “The House on Mango Street” is about a young girl growing up in an environment that she is not proud of, by any means. As the two main characters grow up, they find that their perspectives in life vary along

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