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    Ruddolfo Anaya’s novel Bless Me Ultima takes place in New Mexico in late 1940s. This is a story about a young boy growing up named Antonio. He is having a difficult time defending his destiny with his parents having ideas but with the help of Ultima he can do it. In Anaya’s novel he uses conflict to convey the idea that destiny must be discovered by the individual‚ not others‚ or else they will be unhappy. " I will first try to reason with him. It must know that two tamper with fate are often swalled

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    magical realism stories‚ like Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya‚ or Big Fish by Tim Burton‚ “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez‚ and “The Moths” by Helena María‚ all have many characteristics that are similar

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    breathe. In the novel Bless MeUltima the main character Antonio is exposed to good and evil. He is young and never really was exposed to evil since he is always home and safe away from it. Antonio is affected by the actions of good and evil throughout the book. The first time Antonio encountered evil was Lupito’s death. “I turned and ran. The dark shadows of the river enveloped me as a race for safety home…The horror of darkness had never been so complete as it was for me that night.” (pg. 22)

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    Throughout Bless MeUltima‚ young Antonio has to cope with and try to understand many tragedies. However‚ each death he observes makes him stronger and braver‚ therefore his character is developed through his experiences with death. Antonio watched three men die over the course of the novel‚ and during each event he was expected to understand and behave appropriately. When Antonio witnesses his first death‚ Lupito’s death‚ he was in awe and it truly impacted his life. While Antonio is hiding near

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    influential person who guides a child through this stage is a family member. Family is one of the most important factors that help shape a person’s life. In the critically lauded and moving tales of "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee and "Bless MeUltima" by Rudolfo Anaya‚ the protagonists are all children‚ newly thrust into the world‚ faced with extreme obstacles and situations that test their character. Each one deals with these obstacles in different ways because of their different personalities

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    Gender Roles within Bless MeUltima Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless MeUltima is considered to be one of the centerpieces to Chicano culture. The novel follows a family of six children during the Second World War. Three of the children have left for the war and the family takes in an old curandera‚ or medicine woman. Progressing through the novel‚ Anaya opens a window to the Chicano gender roles to the reader. Broadly speaking‚ in a typical male dominated culture‚ the men are responsible for all affairs

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    on the other hand his dad’s side of the family are cowboys wild and free on the open llano. He wants to make both of his parents happy‚ but also learn from other experiences that make it difficult for him to agree with their wants. He works with Ultima helping her collect herbs and healing his uncle. A significant action performed by Antonio is when stands up for Florence during the mock confession. When Florence says that he has never sinned and the other boys start to beat him up‚ Antonio sees

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    Nevertheless‚ an experiment can be terminated at anytime. The experiment of child cannot be aborted‚ and sometimes the Experiment fails when he or she chooses the wrong path. However‚ for Rudolfo Anaya’s "Experiment Antonio" of Bless MeUltima‚ the results are promising. Antonio‚ as a child‚ already possesses traits that lead to a good and pure life. He is naturally a mature and wise man-child yearning for knowledge. 	Antonio shows a startling maturity. Psychologically‚ a typical

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    Bless Me Ultima Literary Analysis From cover to cover of Bless Me Ultima‚ Rudolfo Anaya uses dichotomy and motifs to add meaning and complexity to the piece of literature. Dichotomy is the division of two parts‚ classes‚ or groups‚ especially that which is mutually exclusive or opposed by contradiction. On the other hand‚ motifs are ideas or patterns that are repeated or carried through a specific piece of work. In Bless Me Ultima‚ Anaya uses dichotomy to show the conflict in Antonio’s live to

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    “Antonio wants to know if he was baptized in the water of the moon or by the salt water of the sea.”(120) Whenever he dreams of being a Luna priest they all of a sudden change to nightmares. “He has so many dreams to be fulfilled‚ but Ultima tells him that his destiny must unfold like a flower‚ with only the sun

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