An inspiration. A teacher. A friend. A role model. My mother. She gives me the courage to do things I once feared. She helps me enjoy the things I love. She provides me with all the love and compassion she can give. My mother is my role model. I could not imagine a world without her; someone who teaches me good from evil and wrong from right. Positive influences are essential in anyone's life. They could range from a parent or a sibling to a famous athlete or actor. In the dream the Lunas and the vaqueros both try to claim the baby
Antonio as their own. María's brothers want him to become a farmer like them, and they smear him with earth and surround him with vegetables, but the restless cowboys replace the plants with saddles and whiskey. They want him to be a free vaquero like they are. The families start to fight over who will receive the afterbirth until the old woman stops them, saying she will bury it herself – she will be the only one who knows
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This is especially reveal in the novel Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya. Ultima acts as an exceptional role model to Antonio from start to finish. Ultima is symbolic of inner strength which is developed through her actions and reveals the power of positive role models. Through acting as a positive role model to Tony, Ultima symbolizes the inner-strength by producing results that lead to the exposure of power. Throughout the entirety of the novel Ultima focuses on guiding Antonio into a great man who is brave and compassionate whilst doing so herself. Role models, especially positive ones, greatly affect ones’ day-to-day lifestyle. Without positive role models, our world today would not be the