Study Question 3. In the novel, Bless Me, Ultima, the author --Rudolfo Anaya-- defines the understanding of “good” and “evil” in the world as a subject that cannot be comprehended in a clear-cut way. In the novel, Bless Me, Ultima, Antonio’s father --Gabriel-- gives a philosophical answer to Antonio’s inquiry, “I think most of the things we call evil are not evil at all; it is just that we don't understand those things and so we call them evil. And we fear evil only because we do not understand it” (248). Within the quote, Anaya portrays evil as a matter unable to be understood simply. If “evil” cannot be understood simply, then similarly, its opposite --“good”-- cannot be comprehended plainly either. For that reason, it can be said that the