of the story Bless Me‚ Ultima‚ and I would like to answer some commonly asked questions about this story. I will answer questions numbered 8 and 10 today. First‚ Antonio believes that the best god will be a woman because He thinks that she would forgive easier. This matters to Antonio because at this point in his life he realized that his own three brothers are major sinners‚ and spend a lot of their time at the town’s whorehouse. He then has a dream were he talks to god and god says he will
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In the book Bless me Ultima‚ there are a lot of connections to the two poems "The Tiger" and "The Lamb". In "The Tiger" the tiger is this fierce scary and sinful creature. The tiger brings sin to people’s life. The tiger represents all the sin that is brought to Antonio’s life. The sin being when Lupito is shot‚ and when he learns about the golden carp‚ and when he is used in the exorcism of his Uncle Lucas. In the poem "The Lamb" the lamb is referred to as being innocent and sin free. The lamb
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Throughout "Bless Me‚ Ultima" there are numerous allusions to Antonio being‚ or becoming Christ. Such as in one of his dreams from the first half of the book‚ "It is neither! I shouted. I swung the dark robe of the priest over my shoulders then lifted my hands in the air. The mist swirled around me and sparks flew when I spoke. It is the presence of the river. Save us‚ my brothers cried and cowered at my words. I spoke to the presence of the river and it allowed my brothers to cross with their carpenter
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becomes a curandero he would give himself solace and peace because of what he would do like Ultima. “I dropped to my knees; bless me‚ Ultima” (Anaya 260) Antonio asked to bless him right before she died. Antonio did not ask her to bless him in the name of God but a being a curandera. This seems to make Antonio not believe in God but in the powers of curandera. “I bless you in the name of all that is good and strong and beautiful‚ Antonio. Always have the strength to live. Love life‚ and if despair
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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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In contrary reading Tanya Luhrmann’s excerpt "When God Talks Back"‚ I see in this article that I did not see in Dostoevsky;s article is that the people in these stories had faith and believed that there was a God. Also some of them sought after God but they have not heard from him yet. Life can throw a series of hardships and struggles‚ and people who have faith seek God for answers and comfort. One story in the article that I found interesting was a girl named Julia‚ who became a Christian in her
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Islam and Christianity share similar ideas as the abstract religion in the coming of age novel “Bless Me‚ Ultima” by Rudolfo Anaya. Islam and magic each have stigmas connected to them from personal assumptions. Pagan beliefs in the novel and Christianity share the same concept of afterlife and symbolism. Magic and Islam are falsely accused of being malevolent in nature due to society using the religions for hate crimes. Antonio was pondering the motive for his dad’s concern about Ultima visiting
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imprisoned in during World War II. Throughout the book the author Elie Wiesel‚ as well as many prisoners‚ lost their faith in God. There are many examples in the beginning of Night where people are trying to keep and strengthen their faith but there are many more examples of people rebelling against God and forgetting their religion. <br> <br>The first example of Elie losing his faith is when he arrived at Auschwitz. Elie and his father are directed to go to the left. A prisoner then informs them that
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1. What do you consider Faith? Faith is believing in the unknown. 2. Is faith something you think everyone should have‚ why or Why not? Yes. It has personally gotten me very far and I cannot see living life without it. 3. Do you believe there is a limit to faith? No! My faith is in God and therefore I believe that He has no boundaries or limits in what He can do. 4. Explain time where you had to show faith? I recently prayed very hard for a new job. I heard a sermon that said to turn worry into
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Antonio’s Journey to his Identity Although the quest to finding one’s individuality may be challenging‚ it contains handfuls of valuable and cherishing life lessons along the way. In the novel‚ Bless Me‚ Ultima‚ written by Rudolfo Anaya‚ Antonio learns about morals‚ beliefs‚ as well as what his future holds. As he grows and matures‚ he is easily influenced by his parents‚ Maria and Gabriel‚ and his grandmother‚ Ultima. Anaya uses symbolism to describe Antonio’s difficult‚ immense journey for his
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