Analysis Of Bless Me Ultima By Rudulpho Anaya

Growing up can be the easiest part of childhood, but what some must face is very different what other children growing up handle. Antonio, a young boy around 7 years old, lives in Mexico with his mother and father. His parents are from two different types of families. An elderly woman, who goes by the name Ultima, guides Antonio as a mentor when she moves to live with his family. Ultima is considered a healer and witch by different people throughout the novel. In Bless Me Ultima by Rudulpho Anayas, Antonio growing up must engage in multiple conflicts at an early age which shapes him into being an adult through challenging fears and conflict. Antonio is growing mentally and physically throughout the novel. He is maturing at an early age due to fact that he has to engage in multiple conflicts where he must make decisions for himself. Ultima is guiding Antonio throughout the novel giving advice and knowledge. In multiple events Ultima tells him he has to make his own goals in life and reality to accomplish. ”I do not want you to waste your life in

He is with Ultima often in the novel; in multiple events Antonio is with Ultima, he is is in fear. “I had never felt such fear before, as the whirlwind seemed to call my name,” (Anayas 123). Antonio remembers a story about how God punished him once in the form of a whirlwind. He considers the whirlwind as Ultima's first blessing had on him. He is equally afraid and stunned. The fear Antonio displays as he grows is not because of foolishness but because they are life threatening. “I heard a low moan as Tenorio aimed his pistol at the head of Narciso. I screamed in fear and Tenorio spun around and saw me,” (Anayas 352). Even though Antonio is growing into a pretty tough young man, he can not escape from fear. He could have been in another situation where his life could have ended at an very early