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Bless Me Ultima

Throughout the novel there are many allusions, which dominate the work to enhance the meaning.
In the first few chapters Hurston introduces the characters and the good of Ultima. Antonio also begins to form a stronger bond with her over the summer by studying her techniques with plants. Later in the novel Antonio begins to question his relationship with God. This is also the part where Antonio learns his mother’s dream for him to become a priest. “Once I told my mother about my dreams, and she said they were visions of God and she was happy, because her own dreams was that I should grow up and become a priest.” In chapter one Antonio takes his first steps toward his loss of ...

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Uncle Lucas. This is the beginning of good versus evil or god versus the devil, Lucas had seen Tenerio’s daughters performing devil worship in the woods and in return the daughters placed a curse on his hair. When the curse was revoked by Ultima it went into effect against the daughters and as they began to die Tenerio went into an evil rage against the powers of Ultima. Antonio was then introduced to the Golden Carp and the story of the waters surrounding the town and its influence, which also allows Antonio to question the influence of god within his life, and the new power behind the carp.
The second time that Antonio experienced death occurs as Narcisco runs through the blizzard to warn Ultima of Tenerio’s relentless violent threats as his second daughter was dying. Antonio did not have time to run for a priest or Ultima as he lay dying under the Juniper, so Antonio took it upon himself to perform the religious ceremony preparing Narcisco for death – another influence of ...

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Added: 5/13/2006 09:10:51 PM
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