The film “Bless me, Ultima” is based on the novel of Rodolfo Anaya and describes the story of Antonio Marez (the main character) journey in life as he discovers his own true identity. His journey begins when a “curandera” named Ultima arrives to stay at the Marez residence. His mind begins to be divvied as Ultima reveals to him her methods of healing and starts to be conflicted as he was raised under catholic beliefs and Ultima’s methods are nowhere near obliged the catholic ways. Throughout the novel we see Antonio with different identies almost like if theyre different outfits he wears throughout the novel reavling to the reader that Ultima’s appearance in Antionis life has left Antionio with the begging question what really is his true identity as a person? …show more content…
This becomes an issue for Antonio because he wasn’t really taught as a child growing up in a catholic home with catholic idealism that he had choice to decide who he was going to become in the future. Anaya tries to structure his argument that noticing different identies Antonio becomes confused around his childhood and how he was raised as catholic. The author implies that once an induvial is taught a set of idealism that certain individual will in the future follow those idealisms and keep the sacred. This ties into ethics and values stating that they structucted at a very young. Implying the 1st couple are the most crucial to make a person identity and what type of person they will add to