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Bless Me Ultima Summary
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 contemplative. He’s content about life and how to make sense of it. He’s torn into ideas of both of his parents, the villagers and also friends. He places conflicts into quasi-religious paradigms and religion. La Grande frees Antonio from his struggle
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He feels like an outcast because he cannot comprehend what the other children are saying, but understands their gestures and emotions. Language shapes the identity into the book by giving us a cultural feeling and extra details that is needed to understand Antonios journey. One is the culture that he was raised in, it impacted his language and the way he perceived things. Another one is his attitude towards many conflicts and situations, it gave us a clue on how he handled these things whenever he came across them.
Well the story changed because Tenorio kills Narciso because Narsico loves and really respect Ultima deeply and he killed Narsico because he supports Ultima and her decisions and after his death the whole tone of the book changed and had gotten a little bit more serious. No because the rising action was when Antonio had saw Lupito die, it doesn't happen because of this situation.
At the of the novel Ultima passes away, Finally Antonio comprehends that link between violence and change.While he was working on the Luna farm he was taught the value of harmony and nature of the earth.Antonio is no longer afraid of death, he understands that its a natural event of life & a change that is needed for life to

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