Bless Me Ultima Analysis

The father and son also have comparisons in their character, they have similar characteristics when it comes to being sensible. An example of this is when, the boy and the man come across a cannibal's lair. In this they find people being prepared to be slaughtered and eaten. In this instance both the man and the son fight to get out of the lair. They both feel the same sense of danger and unease proving that they compare to each other. Another instance of this is when the boy and his father come across other survivors walking along the road with weapons and a pregnant woman. This chills both of the characters and they hide and wait for

“Salvador, late or early, sooner or later arrives with the string of younger brother’s ready” Poverty stricken Salvador is plagued daily with the responsibility of his brother’s, seen as an invisible nobody at school, and aches with not having a break from this endless cycle, but none of it breaks Salvador’s spirit. He is an engine that keeps running, despite being mistreated, uncared for, and beaten. It’s amazing that Salvador, with his “geography of scars,” and “history of hurt,” hasn’t lost hope. He hasn’t lost hope because he thinks not of how difficult his situation is at the moment, but of the better future soon to come. A future where Salvador’s mama isn’t so busy, a future where they won’t eat corn flakes from a tin cup, a future where his crayons aren’t “little fingers of red, green, yellow, blue” or “nubs of black sticks that tumble,” He remains going everyday with his hopes that keep him going locked inside deep somewhere as he fulfills his responsibilities day to day. Salvador is also kept going by the love he gets from his brothers. Salvador’s name literally means ‘Savior’ and to his little brothers, he is their savior. He provides them with everything his mother can’t give them and with the love they give back to Salvador, he finds strength and keeps pushing forward. “Helps his mama with the business of the baby” Mature Salvador is. Salvador did learn to adapt to his life and became quite mature

Throughout Rudolfo Anaya’s book, “Bless Me Ultima”, the main character Antonio has several vivid, detailed and sometimes graphic dreams. In one of these dreams (on pages 243-244), Antonio bears witness to blood, violence, and death. In this dream, Anaya uses imagery, symbolism, similes, and specific diction to indicate that Antonio is losing faith in his religion and god. Notes: Need to adjust the words used towards the end.

In “The Secret Lion,” Alberto Alvaro Rios establishes the theme as loss of innocence in a young boy. The narrator brings to life a boy who must leave behind his youthful perceptions about girls, the arroyo, and his green haven. All preconceptions are shattered, and each glimpse of bliss is taken away. Through this the boy gains perspective, and begins to see the world with a new awareness. Rios ingrains the loss of innocence theme through the eyes of a twelve-year-old boy who exhibits maturity, autonomy, and disillusionment.

Antonio’s conflict is that both sides of his family are trying to have influence in the type of person Antonio will grow into.

How do we transform from a little, young child to a big, grown adult? What problems do we face? Who helps us decide our future? In Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya, Antonio Márez must forward on the way to his own moral self-sufficiency. Antonio is put into the center of many distressing events which cause him to grow up faster, and lose his innocence. Antonio has many questions about spirits, god and beliefs. To get his answers, he must undergo a transformation.

A “Bildungsroman” is defined as a piece of literature that focuses on the mental, moral, and psychological growth of a protagonist in transition from childhood to adulthood. Ideologies adopted into a Bildungsroman are ones that shows the coming of age like the shortcoming of loved ones, meet with challenges that the adult world presents to the younger generation, and having mentors or guides who teach the ways of life through valuable lessons. In Rudolfo Anaya’s coming of age novel, “Bless Me, Ultima”, the Bildungsroman concepts and ideas about maturity from childhood blossom as the novel's protagonist, Antonio Marez, lives his Hispanic, Catholic life at the age of eight, through countless experiences that molds his coming of age. Elements that substantially influences Antonio's coming of age includes confrontations with death, disappointment in realizing soul crushing realities, and encounters with emotions and despair that would be met in the adult world. Antonio, through, these structural elements, shapes his shift from a child to a man by emphasizing why certain events occur in his life.

One thing all human beings, have in common is the struggle for self identity. Children are raised by parents or guardians who have struggled and fought for their own identities. In many cases, parents are still trying to figure it out, while raising their own children. Such is the case with the characters in Junot Diaz’s, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. The theme of identity is conveyed through the characters’ Dominican culture, social standing, and in finding love. Oscar, Lola, and Yunior are three central characters in Oscar Wao, who’s Dominican cultural and family expectations were major obstacles as they struggled to establish their identity.

Oh my Atlanta, after thinking about it the character Florence from “Bless Me, Ultima” and I have quite a few similarities. At a deep and human level Florence and I connect as we both have suffered pain from religion. My boy Florence once said, “My mother died when I was three, my old man drank himself to death, and my sisters are whores, working at Rosie’s place”(194). At times myself I can partially relate with that though I may not have it as bad as Florence, fortunately. I have gone all my life with really no true role model with a father who has abused drugs, and a mom that was always too busy. I understand though as we all have our own faults. Life has been a tough course for me, few people can actually understand how it feels when you

One thing all human beings have in common is the struggle for self identity. Children are raised by parents or guardians who have struggled and fought for their own identities. In many cases, parents are still trying to figure it out, while raising their own children. Such is the case with the characters in Junot Diaz’s, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. The theme of identity is conveyed through the characters’ Dominican culture, social standing, and in finding love. Oscar, Lola, and Yunior are three central characters in Oscar Wao, who’s Dominican cultural and familial expectations were major obstacles as they struggled to establish their identity.

According to Webster's online dictionary the definition of the word “dream” as “a series of thoughts, images, or emotions …”. With this definition, it is easy to see that all 7,125 billion people who make up the population of the world would have their own dream of what they want to do with their life. People find it amazing that everyone in the world can have their own dream, but what most people choose to ignore is the fact that most of these dreams don't come true. These dreams go into a state of deferment. Langston Hugh was able to put the idea of what might happen to a dream after it gets deferred into words. His poem goes as follows: “What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore and

Due to research on dreams, dreams serve different purposes. There are various meanings as to why individuals dream. In ancient culture's, the purpose of dreams was that cultures could communicate with their gods. Mostly all of the ancient culture's dreams were related to their gods. Some cultures believed their dreams were messages from their god. On the other hand, the Romans believed otherwise, they thought their dreams were to expand the Roman Empire. However, dreams due to psychology were meant to play out inner, deepest wishes a person has, which is then played out in the person’s dream. In addition, dreams are meant to prepare an individual later in life, because dreams produce problems that an individual needs to resolve; which then

In part 1, of the short story “Amigo Brothers” the status of the relationship between Antonio and

He carried an easel and his paint supplies were in a bag on his shoulder. The Italian was a poor man, having been kicked out by his grandfather, Romulus, in favour of his two brother who were very artistic. Lovino looked at a man who walked down the same path, two men beside him. Coincidentally, they went to the same inn later that night to stay until the storm passed. "Hola." The man who Lovino had noted firstly had spoken, seeing the Italian. "You're a painter, si?" Lovino had nodded in response. "Si, i am." The words had rolled from the Italian's mouth without warning as he looked at the handsome Spaniard. "I... I could paint you if you want?" Although he would ruin it, like he did everything. Even his name meant 'i ruin' so it was just who he was. The Spanish man had grinned and nodded, "My name is Antonio Fernandez Carriedo~" Lovino had nodded and taken out his painting surprise. Was love at first sight really possible? It seemed so as the Italian found every single little detail in the Spaniard, painting them onto the canvas. "You know Lovi." A voice had said from beside him, "I think i fell in love with you." Antonio continued, "Of course i've loved you since we were children, before you moved away. And i think, now is the time for this." The Spaniard softly pressed his lips to Lovino's in a quick kiss. It is said that Lovino's easel became a symbolism of love and art, two things that should always interconnect and that this symbol was so powerful that it formed into pure light and became Pictor Alpha, other symbols of art and love joining as other stars until a picture of that easel was formed. And if you look really closely, you can almost picture the Italian standing behind it and starting at a Spaniard. For what they had was true love, something that was now written in the stars and in fate - literally. After all, the easel brought two childhood

experiences in life. When one starts asking themselves this question, it opens up new ways to consider the world and even