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    In the novel, Bless me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya, a little boy named Antonio struggles with knowing what he wants . He’s protected and guided by a wise elder lady whose name is Ultima. But Antonio is the only person that can make a decision about who he wants to become. The book “Bless me Ultima”, Anaya uses strong connotation and symbolism to describe the dark and terrifying revelation in Antonio's dream about his internal beliefs being completely shattered in his mind. The dream

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    Oscar Claros Bless Me Ultima AP Literature Pd. 3 Mrs. Amoroso Experiencing death can sometimes be the best event someone can go through. Death is more than just someone stopping from existing, it’s a concept that can be perceived as a new beginning. Being able to take the death of someone and turning their philosophy into consideration can be beautiful. In the novel “Bless Me Ultima” by Rudolfo Anaya Antonio gets his faith put to the test when the arrival of Ultima brings him the beginning

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    exactly what happens to six year old Antonio Marez in the novel Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya. When young Antonio witnesses the death of a local War Veteran, a family friend, and a classmate, it leaves him with transforming effects, prompting him to question death, sin, morality, and in the end leading him to be ambivalent towards his Catholic beliefs. Through every mortifying act that he witnesses, he has the guidance of Ultima, an elderly “curandera,” healer, who uses her wisdom to lead Antonio

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    Johana Y. Polanco Mr. Amoroso English 12AP Pd: 3 LAP Bless Me, Ultima The Classic by Rudolfo Anaya Polanco Page:1 Will he become his own man? In the classic novel Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya the Márez family invites Ultima nicknamed “La Grande” or “The Grand One,” into their lives for the second time as the sharing of their two worlds begin the stimulating of their youngest son Antonio’s mentality, he discovers life’s secrets and merges into his manhood. For the first time he begins his conflicting

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    “Bless Me Ultima, is a critically acclaimed novel of all time”(NEA); however, it is also one of the most banned books in American literature. People enjoy the book a lot, but there are also some people who want the book to be banned for good. For example, in 1992 Bless Me Ultima, was banned at Porterville high school for “many profane and obscene references, vulgar Spanish words, and glorifies witchcraft and death"(banned library). Bless Me Ultima, is a story of a boy named Antonio who lives in a

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    Bless Me Ultima Bless Me Ultima Author: Rudolfo Anaya LAP Topic 5 Written by : Jason Gutierrez Personal ideologies provide an aspiration for a fools paradise. That endeavor contrived a blindness that makes their perfect world, someone else’s ordeal. Individuals might convoke others for guidance to an explicit ambit to discover their own dogma. However, humanity has a type of ignorance in a sense that compels them to force their own beliefs onto others. Distinct mentalities collide

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    Pudolfo Anaya is the author of Bless Me, Ultima ; a story about a boy and magical realism. People of different cultures have different backgrounds and their ways of living is built off of how the individual grew up. The story focuses on a young mexican boy who is heavily influenced by the world around him. Anaya complicates Antonio’s characterization in Bless Me, Ultima using three contrasting characters: Maria, Gabriel, and Ultima. Antonio’s mother, Maria Marez, represents the drive towards farming

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    captivated that some of us search for him and his communication. As a person of the lord they are to avert from questioning and committing sin. Sin is committed once we're born which cause innocence to be lost. All which relate to Antonio in the novel Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya. Antonio is a child with the expectation of being a priest weighing on his shoulders causing him to seek God and rely on the expectations of a "good" Christian. A devoted mother to her religion and a skeptical father. Two different

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    Bless Me, Ultima: The Cultural Distress of a Young Society An answer to the discussion question of whether or not there is a defined border culture would need a great number of years in field research, but we can also observe a few of the characteristics of such border culture just by looking at scholastic essays and books related to the topic. Within the research that I did, I found a number of scholars who, while defining the border, mention all the specific or special characteristics of this

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    is afraid of you for having so much knowledge. In the book, Bless Me Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya, Ultima, a curandera, is seen as an evil, old witch who uses her magic against others. In actuality, she heals Lucas even when she is accused, got rid of the 3 Indian ghosts harassing a family, and tells Antonio she accepts her death because she accepted to dedicate her life in the service of others when her owl died. While some may say Ultima is just a “bruja” and a mad witch who uses black magic, I believe

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