Essay about Bless Me Ultima Dialectical Journal

This is important to this statement because with the information he had gather he can probably start a new thing , something new that can also change someone view in stuff like it did for him. Everyone has those breakthroughs where they question their beliefs and I think we should all. This one is one of those moments for Antonio.he believes he can make something new, a new religion. “Sometime in the future I would have to build my own dream out of those things that were so much a part of my childhood.” (Anaya261). This quotes shows that Antonio learned so much throughout his experience and want to build his own future with the knowledge and the experience he gather up from his childhood."The golden carp," I said to myself, "a new god?” (Anaya81) the supernatural knowledge he has gather from another supernatural being that's not linked to the god of church got Antonio thinking as questioning about his beliefs which would eventually start asking if other people every question themselves about their beliefs as well which would make him share

In the book Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya, a family friend of Antonio’s named is killed. This followed by a dream concerning vengeance and repentance. Anaya uses Biblical allusions, symbolism, and slight allusions to Pagan beliefs to show Antonio beginning to understand the consequences of each action, and the power of forgiveness, and how each aof these actions plays a role in who a person is.

Antonio has now seen that there is power in the river, and however most people would be scared of a threatening force and power, Antonio understands its true power. He already feels his connection to a power other than the religion that he currently practices. He discovers another power that he could believe in.

Differences in others aid to the stimulation of ideas and opinions that expresses an individual 's personality. In Rudolfo Anaya’s bildungsroman, Bless Me, Ultima, the struggle between two families and their extreme differences cause numerous conflicts that are constantly present throughout his novel. In this chicano inspired novel, Antonio Maréz, the six year old protagonist, is perpetually faced with instances of dissimilarity throughout his life that often make it a challenge to stand out instead of fitting in with the rest of the crowd. When Anaya uses literary elements such as setting his novel as a bildungsroman, symbolism and and imagery it helps intensify the reader 's understanding of the novel. Contrasts between good and evil, right and wrong and even teachings within the Marézes own family are a main cause in increasing Antonios level of maturity.

Antonio experienced. Throughout the story, Antonio was forced to transform from a boy to a man after the severity of tensions of opposites in his life caused him to question everything he had ever known. Antonio reflected upon battles of opinions in his own household, religious differences, and stepping outside of his cultural upbringing for the first time. When Antonio witnessed an extreme amount of death, the sight of the golden carp, and the magical healing powers of Ultima he began to question his Catholic roots and potential participation in the priesthood. When God failed to respond to Antonio 's consistent questioning, he was no longer

Antonio is a child with the expectation of being a priest weighing on his shoulders

Even though soldiers are able to distract themselves from the horrors that they witness on the front, war psychologically damages them and creates the “lost generation”. The young men find it increasingly difficult to think and act with the mindset of a civilian. In war, the men only experience despair, death, and fear, so their mind is enveloped by negative thoughts that

From what I could interpret of the final chapters; Antonio starts to understand that can combine all perspectives into one idea. The beauty he learns from his mother is the moon and earth. The ways of the Lunas tied down to settled way of life to the earth. From his father he learns a different way of life of the wind and sea being free. Lastly he learns from Ultima about the beauty of earths magical and spiritual elements that have overcome every obstacle they encountered. As a result of the realization from this after talking with his father during the car ride. He learns that he doesn’t have to just settle with one perspective but he can make his own and combine all components. My understanding is that the dream of the brothers is an interpretation

“Good is always stronger than evil. Always remember that, Antonio. The smallest bit of good can stand against all the powers of evil in the world and it will emerge triumphant.” Rudolfo Anaya’s novel Bless Me, Ultima recounts the story of a 6-year-old boy named Antonio that begins the difficult journey of finding out who he is and what path he will take in life. Antonio experiences numerous life-changing events such as witnessing the deaths of several people he knew, the discovery of the Golden Carp, and his struggle with the pressure of his parents’ drastically different hopes for his future.

During this experience Antonio embarked on a knowledge-filled routine that transformed him into that man, Ultima was referencing. Antonio learned how to properly work on the farm, why they are called Luna's, where the name originated from, how to live away from home, along with many other life changing lessons. This new way of life was very strict. The development of work ethic led Antonio to believe that, "It was the last summer I was truly a child." (Anaya 250) This shows that Ultima was correct. After this experience, even Antonio felt as though he had grown into the man he was supposed to become. However, aside from just growing in improved work ethic and becoming more independent, Antonio's true transformation was revealed at the end of his trip that summer. When Antonio came in contact with Tenorio he chose to run about ten miles back to Ultima to warn her of the harm coming her way, instead of running to his grandfather's house for safety. This action shows how protective and responsible Antonio felt, as a man, regarding Ultima and her safety. This was the most transformative experience for Antonio because it is when the truth about Ultima's powers were finally revealed to him. Tenorio explained to Antonio, "It is the owl! It is the owl that is the spirit of the old witch." (Anaya 255) At this point in the story, everything Antonio

Antonio has a deeper understanding of Pagan religious beliefs than the religion he practices. Antonio sees the Golden Carp for the first time with Cico. Seeing the Carp he understands why he feels more related to Spiritualism than Catholicism. “I knew I had witnessed a miraculous thing, the appearance of a pagan god… And I thought, the power of God failed where Ultima 's worked: and then a sudden illumination of beauty and understanding flashed through my mind. This is what I had expected God to do at my first holy communion!” (114). Antonio is surprised to find that seeing the Golden Carp has enlightened him more than his religion has. Antonio understands why he feels connected to Ultima. She doesn 't force him into being a catholic like his parents. Ultima is spiritual and believes in the ways of the land rather than God. Antonio believes in Ultima’s powers more than he believes in the power of the church. Ultima and Antonio are sitting the small room where Lucas lays half dead from the magic of the brujas. Antonio believes that Ultima can cure him when no one else can. “The

He has been asking god why evil things happen, and he doesn't get any answers, Antonio believes that on his first communion god will finally answer his questions. He says “then the shining goal easter sunday and first holy communion”(204). Antonio can't wait for his holy communion to get answers from god. But when his first communion comes around he asks god for answers and god doesn't answer back. After Antonio asks god for answers Florence tragically drowns. Antonio witnesses the death of Florence and is sad for him. Florence never believed in the catholic faith so Antonio knew he was going to hell. Antonio stated ”the lonely river was a sad place to be when on is a small boy who has just seen a friend die”(242). He has witnessed another innocent person die and begins questioning god even more. Antonio is sad that Florence died, but he realizes that while growing up there will be many devastating events he has to fight through. At the beginning of the book Antonio is an innocent boy who has never experienced any devastating events in his life. At the end of the book Antonio is strong, he has seen three people die and has been introduced to the hardships he will have to go through whilst growing

Sin depreciates in value over time as he craves an answer, any answer, that would give logic the experiences he’s had. While not completely out of the realm of belief, Antonio makes an adjustment from his own dogmas in order to get the answer he desperately needs. Eventually he is introduced to the concept of the Golden Carp, a deity outside of Catholicism. It’d be easy for him to reject the Carp, if he not already become the partial free thinker who rejected his religious virtues. It did not help that he had seen the Golden Carp, which in itself was more of an answer than he ever got questioning God. His loss of innocence had evolved to a point where he sought reality more than anything. The Carp was tangible and secular antithesis to the religion that failed

In the text “Aquinas on Law, Morality, and Politics (Aquinas, 164)”, Aquinas discusses the topic of war and killing. A question is asked that states “Is it always sinful to wage war?” and this question is met with 3 objection statements. The object statements say that it is sinful to declare war because those who live for war activities will die by participating in war activities and because of that they will be punished. Three other reasons as to why it is sinful to declare war is because war goes against the divine precept, it goes against the concept of peace, and war-like activities are not allowed in the church. Aquinas counters these objects by stating that there are 3 different kinds of criteria that are needed in order for a war

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