September 18‚ 2011 Cultural and Religious Identity: Bless me‚ Ultima Bless Ultima‚ me‚ is a novel written by Rudolfo Anaya in 1972. The story starts in 1940 during and after World Word II in Guadalupe‚ New Mexico. The main character is Antonio. Anaya describes Antonio’s childhood through a life changing journey. Also‚ Ultima‚ the “ curandera” who helped his mother in childbirth has a strong presence in his spiritual growth and
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Dream One: "The Rebirth of Antonio" In Antonio’s first dream‚ his mind goes back to the past and he sees his own birth. There is a fight between his mother’s side of the family and his father’s‚ where they both have different plans for the young baby‚ and they both have different rituals that follow the birth. A fight comes about between the two sides‚ and it is only resolved through Ultima and her peace. This is the first time we have seen Ultima in action‚ and it is clear that she is an ultimate
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The Gods of New Mexico: Bless Me‚ Ultima “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change‚ the courage to change the things I can‚ and the wisdom to know the difference” (Reinhold Niebuhr). In the novel Bless Me‚ Ultima‚ by Rudolfo Anaya‚ a young boy name Antonio Marez has faith to go through his childhood life to perceive in learning new aspects and independence in Catholicism in which he goes in the real world in order to create and establish new ideas and acknowledge himself into
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“From my father and Ultima I had learned that the greater immortality is the freedom of man‚ and that freedom is best nourished by the noble expanse of land and air and pure‚ white sky” (Anaya‚ 228). Tony’s father then talks about the land possessing “a power that can fill a man with satisfaction” (Anaya‚ 229). Ultima adds on about the land giving faith for nature to grow and evolve. This means that with freedom and faith‚ you can evolve and grow. Consequently‚ Antonio comes to the realization that
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exorcism of Lucas‚ Tony was pampered and treated like Ultima’s own. Yet this was only because Ultima was using him. She tucks him into bed. She feeds him homemade meals. Only because Tony is necessary to the exorcism. Ultima doesn’t always think that Tony can be used as a tool (in fact‚ this is the only time she does this)‚ but this is the exception. Everyone else around him‚ mainly his brothers‚ father‚ and mother use him. They believe him to be a means to an end. For the brothers‚ Tony isn’t an equal
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Antonio the main character has to grow up to be a man on his own without some kind of guidance from brothers who are away at war during the early chapters. However I like how Ultima becomes a mentor and supporting important character in his life. I also like some of the characters introduced throughout the novel such as of course Ultima‚ but also Narcisco. Although my enjoyment of the friendly
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becoming a successful hero but‚ being the youngest member of the family‚ Tony gets directed to fulfill both his mom and dad’s dreams. As his parents lack understanding of Tony’s internal troubles and impose their religion on him‚ his parents are in a way absent to him. This places more responsibility on his shoulders as he has to take lead in his parents positions. Ever since Tony’s birth‚ he had always been the chosen one by Ultima. When Narciso receives punishment for his actions and Tenorio escapes
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The Significance of Dreams in Of Mice and Men A major motif of John Steinbeck ’s Of Mice and Men is the American dream and the drive to attain it. The life of a ranch hand is grim‚ yet the characters in the novel are still vulnerable to dreams of a better life. The dream of owning land‚ called the American dream by some‚ is what motivates George and Lennie in their work on the ranch. It is their friendship that sustains this dream and makes it possible. While the dreams are credible to the
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Jane Eyre contains a number of significant dreams and day-dreams. Despite her distaste for fantasies and inefficiency‚ the eponymous narrator‚ Jane‚ is a frequent day-dreamer. Edward Rochester‚ Jane’s employer at Thornfield‚ recounts observing her pace around in a day-dream. When the voice of a servant‚ Mrs. Fairfax‚ awakens Jane‚ Rochester imagines her thinking "My fine visions are all very well‚ but I must not forget they are absolutely unreal‚" and finding a task to complete to ensure she does
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As I do every Sunday morning‚ I awake to read the Tonys - Tony Becca and Tony Cozier - before I prepare for church and the upcoming week. Each Sunday‚ my four-year-old daughter’s hair needs to be washed‚ she needs to get a bath‚ her clothes pressed‚ and her breakfast prepared before she’s off to Sunday School. Oftentimes‚ I’ll catch Becca’s article in the wee hours of the morning before the world awakes and disrupts my peace and quiet with its crazed rush after dawn. For Cozier’s piece‚ I’d have
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