Change In Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me Ultima

Change can come into our life as natural and beautiful as the steady transition from warm summer to chilly autumn in September nights. Or as epiphanies, sudden and unexpected hitting us like the full wrath of a tornado damaging and changing everything in its way. As human beings we are expected to witness change in our life, it can be wonderful making us wise, aware, even strong. It can also scar us, altering our outlook in life forcing us to question what we believe in, like we see happen to Antonio Márez in Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me, Ultima. Antonio wins our heart as we witness him slowly be forced into adulthood as a consequence of the horrid experiences he so often has to face. Something assuring though, is that Tony had someone to comfort …show more content…
On his way home from his last day of third grade he spots The Kid walking with a girl and decides to challenge him to a race. “, I ran as hard as I could, but the Kid never passed me... Andrew said that someday I would beat the Kid across, I remembered. But there was no sweetness to the victory, instead I felt that something good had ended.” (223). The Kid was a classmate, who’s actual name was never revealed but it was known that he was always running, he never stopped and no one could ever beat him. This might seem quiet small compared to everything else but it’s very important to understand that Tony didn’t let victory and happiness consume him. Though he didn’t know exactly what it has he understood that it was a sign that his victory wasn’t really that but instead a loss. In the moment he beats the Kid he realized that a certain aspect of their friendship and his childhood was gone forever. You would think that an eight year old could never fully fathom the meaning of this but he …show more content…
Throughout the story he gains a new hope, a new belief that liberates him. Antonio meets the Golden Carp, which shows him heaven on earth with its captivating beauty and presence. He first learns of the Golden carp from his friend Samuel, who tells him the tale of the people who inhabited the land of the valley long before them, how they disrespected it and the sacred carp of its river. Which caused the anger of the gods who decided to kill them as a punishment, Samuel tells him that there was a kind god who loved the humans of valley so much he decided to save them by turning them all into carp and himself into the Golden Carp. This discovery lit the sparkle of his curiosity and shook deep into his religious roots. There was a new god (81) in his life. Like everything good in life, getting to see the fish took time and patience, the great epiphany came when Cico, another school friend, finally introduced him to life-changing Carp on a sunny summer day. “ “ The golden carp,” I whispered in awe. I could not have been more entranced if I had seen the Virgin, or God Himself.” (114) When he said this, he meant it in the most innocent way, in that moment seeing the carp meant more to him then his Catholic beliefs, he didn’t realize that accepting the Golden Carp as a god was a sin. But we see simplicity truly be the ultimate

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Change In Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me Ultima

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