Bless Me, Ultima

Jasmine Tran Ms. Brzowski English 2 PDP - Period 1 09.12.2012 Seminar Notes: Bless Me Ultima 1. Bless Me Ultima fits the description of "magical realism" because the story talks a lot about a curandera named Ultima. As we all know, a curandera is a healer. Rudolfo Anaya portrays Ultima as this old lady who has magical and spiritual powers. She seems to bring life to things around her. "When she came the beauty of the llano unfolded before my eyes, and the gurgling waters of the river sang to

Living with Ultima since seven, Antonio quickly learns the struggles between his two family cultures. His mother’s side, the Lunas, who is obsessed and pushes Tony to become a priest. On the opposite, his father wants him to follow the Marez tradition, being of the son of vaqueros, riding horses across the plains. Leaping from child to adult, he begins to understand the tragic between both religious, overcome obstacles to unknot the family ties that bind him from finding his own identity. In his

childhood stood still, and the pulse of the living earth pressed its mystery into my living blood. In Bless Me, Ultima, just before Antonio turns seven, Ultima, a curandera, moves into his family to live the last years of her life. During her stay, Ultima sees that Antonio continuosly struggles to choose his destiny since his parents each wants him to follow only the path of Luna or Márez. Due to this, Ultima constantly offers advice to Antonio so that he will be capable to decide his destiny as he becomes

One consistent theme throughout Bless Me, Ultima is the influence of others’ expectations on identity. Antonio is under constant pressure from both his parents to conform to their respective family’s philosophies and beliefs—even Ultima, who appears to try to be impartial, does clearly contribute to this pressure. The Luna and Márez families clearly have different beliefs and hold different things to be important in their lives, as evidenced by the tensions between the two families in Antonio’s dream

Identity conflicts within the protagonist in Bless Me, Ultima The majority of individuals follow in the footsteps that their parents set out for them. Trying to figure out who and what an individual wants to be can be difficult, often when others want that them to go down a certain path. Research shows individuals strive to work in the field as their parents if it catches their eye. Nonetheless when an individual reaches a certain age to finally decide what they want in the long run it's their choice

depends on those things that surround a child while growing up. As a child grows up, he is affected by the environment and the people he has around him. In the book Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya, the protagonist Antonio is affected by the actions and experiences he has while growing up with his family and the curandera Ultima. Some of these experiences are not meant to be experienced by a child like Antonio, and these experiences affect the life of Antonio negatively, while some experiences

Ultima is a Bruja Over 200 people were falsely accused of witchcraft. Many of them were falsely accused and wrongly punished. Could Ultima be the next falsely accused witch? In the book “Bless Me Ultima”, by Rudolfo Anaya, a healer named Ultima can cure using magic. One day, Ultima goes to live with Tony's family which consists of his dad, mom, two sisters, and his three brothers. Based on this book, I can infer that Ultima is a bruja because she always mysteriously has a way of doing stuff. She

story protecting Tony and Ultima from Tenorio and helping Tony with new challenges. The owl is one of the must important pieces in the book Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya. The protection Ultima’s owl give Tony and Ultima is very important the owl gives an early warning. As it is Ultima’s soul, and relays messages and warnings. Especially when Tenorio was coming to take Ultima the owl Tony, “heard Ultima’s owl hoot a danger cry outside” (133). The owl was warning Ultima about Tenorio, and is like

Voice and Ambivalence in Bless Me Ultima and Baby of the Family        Bless Me Ultima and Baby of the Family serve as the 'coming of age' stories of two minority children. Rudolfo Anaya and Tina McElory Ansa skillfully reveal the richness, diversity, and conflicts that can exist within the Hispanic-American and African-American cultures primarily through the dream sequences in each novel. Dreams are the mechanism used in each work to magnify the individual experiences and conflicts Tony and

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. The imagery in this dream is scary, bloody, and dark as seen here: “The