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From Ultima, Antonio learns of human frailty and how Narciso took to drinking to cope with hardships in life. He realizes that hardships bring people together and that lifelong friendships emerge as a consequence.
If Andrew’s entrance into the brothel in this chapter means that Antonio has indeed lost his innocence, then it means that Antonio has lost his childish, innocent worldview, rather than his sexual innocence.
Narciso warns Ultima that Tenorio is coming with a drunken lynch mob hungry for a witch’s death. At that moment, Tenorio and his cohorts arrive. With Antonio at his side, Gabriel demands that they identify themselves and state their business.
The dolls are a reminder of Ultima’s dangerous and sometimes frightening powers, though a moment later she gives up something of herself to protect Antonio. A scapular is usually associated with a religious order, so this is like Ultima giving Antonio her own protective icon.
The Virgin also symbolizes the power of women to nurture and forgive, much like Mary does in the New Testament. Antonio says of the Virgin Mary, “She always forgave. Perhaps the best god would be like a woman, because only women really knew how to forgive” (13.42-44).
A friend of the family from the llano, Narciso is a huge man who is usually drunk.
The night before Ultima’s arrival, Antonio lies in his bed in the little attic above his mother’s kitchen.
Cico offers to take Antonio to see the golden carp. After confirming that Antonio has never fished for a carp, Cico asks Antonio if he believes the golden carp is a god.
This gradual transformation, traced in dreams, reflects Antonio’s growth from childhood to maturity. His dreams also offer him a rich and variable set of images and symbols with which to understand his own life.
| A | B |
|---|---|
| Antonio | in conflict about his destiny |
| Narciso | died trying to warn Ultima of danger |
| carp | what “the people” were turned into |
| owl | Ultima’s pet and spirit |
Before stumbling away, Tenorio vows to kill Ultima. Narciso rushes off to find Andrew, one of Antonio’s older brothers. Antonio follows Narciso to Rosie’s house. To Antonio’s horror, Narciso knocks on the door and asks for Andrew.
The juniper trees make a sort of confessional booth, and Narciso asks that Antonio pray for him, as he is pure of heart. Antonio prays the Act of Contrition like he did for Lupito. Narciso whispers his confession into Antonio’s ear, and says he is glad to be here on the llano, and then dies.
Despite his detachment from his sisters, Antonio’s mark of manhood at the end of the novel comes when, knowing his sisters are frightened, he tells his mother to take them to their rooms.
When he wakes, he vomits green bile. Ultima catches it in rags that she stores in a bag. Afterward, Antonio is able to keep down some atole, a gruel made of corn meal.
At first Antonio is afraid of it, but soon he regards the owl as a comforting, watchful presence. The bird calls out warnings when danger approaches and rips out Tenorio’s eye when he threatens Ultima. By the novel’s end it is revealed that the owl is magically linked with Ultima’s soul, and when it dies, she dies.
Ultima discusses the “presence of the river” with Antonio. Antonio has always been afraid of this presence, but Ultima tells him if he listens, he can understand and speak to the presence. So we can check plant whispering and river whispering off our list of skills.
Ultima’s owl represents her life force and the power of her religious mysticism. The owl sings softly outside Antonio’s window at night. Its song symbolizes Ultima’s comforting presence in Antonio’s life and the protective power of her magic.
They get ready for mass and María and Ultima wear black because so many families are mourning sons and husbands lost in the war. Antonio realizes that the war also took Lupito and the sheriff.
Antonio’s uncles are quiet and gentle, and they plant their crops by the cycle of the moon.
Although Antonio is only six years old at the start of the narrative, he already possesses a keenly questioning mind, a great deal of moral curiosity, and a solemn appreciation for the seriousness of life. Some of his traits are typical of children his age, such as his anxiety at leaving his mother to start school.
Antonio’s Brothers: Andrew, Eugenio, and León in Bless Me, Ultima.
As he crawled out the river and the life left his blood stained body Lupito uttered his two last words to Antonio “Bless Me”.
Before he can kill Antonio, Pedro shoots Tenorio dead. Antonio takes the dying owl to Ultima’s bedside.
He wants to hustle back to his grandpa’s, but his way is blocked by Tenorio, so he takes off running the ten miles back to his house. Antonio arrives just as Uncle Pedro pulls up, but they are too late. Tenorio’s already there, wreaking havoc. Tenorio kills the owl, and claims victory.
What did Antonio discover about Narciso? Narciso has a garden and drinks his problems away. Antonio described his mother’s definition of learning to sin.
In Rudolpho Anaya’s Bless me Ultima, the main character, Antonio, is forced to grow up too quickly losing his innocence through a series of terrible circumstances. Antonio concerns himself with the loss of his innocence because of his own precociousness and his thoughts of a promising future as a priest.
Cico’s view that Narciso’s lush garden is drunk like Narciso illustrates his idea of tolerance and acceptance, ideals he generally shares with Ultima.
In Antonio’s second dream, he saw his brothers calling upon him to save them. Since Ultima came along and gave him a spiritual relationship with nature, he uses the power of the river and earth, rather then the power of god to save his brothers.
Tony’s first reaction when he meets Ultima is awe. Although he cannot explain it, he immediately feels a spiritual connection to her. Ultima’s presence brings a new and otherworldly influence into his life, one he has never dared to contemplate before.
In the first dream, the night before the arrival of Ultima, Antonio is born and both sides of his family gather together for the arrival of the baby boy. … Antonio didn’t meet Ultima but this dream foreshadows that Ultima is a powerful and a well respected figure.
Cico dives down into the water and pulls up poor Florence’s drowned body. This is the third death that Antonio has witnessed in person. That’s quite a lot of death for a tiny tyke like him. Still, with all the foreshadowing going on, it’s a good bet he’ll see at least one more person die before it’s all said and done.
Antonio’s family calls Ultima “la Grande” because Antonio’s mother has high respect for her and it means an old wise woman.
Antonio escapes, but Tenorio shoots Ultima’s owl. When the owl dies, Ultima is doomed to die as well because the owl is her spiritual familiar, or guardian. Antonio sits with her at her bedside and buries the owl as she requests after she dies.
Antonio braves the snowstorm and tries to make his way home. On his way, though, he witnesses a fight between Tenorio and Narciso. Once again, Tenorio threatens impending harm to Ultima. The fight gets broken up, and Narciso wants to warn his old friend Ultima, but the snow is too much for him.
Black Bass The bass is described as “monstrous,” with an “evil” mouth, and eyes “glazed with hate.” Here the theme of good versus evil is transposed from the human and metaphysical realms to the realm of fish. It suggests that the battle between good and evil is to be found at all levels of life.
Narciso’s death is declared an accident by the coroner. When Andrew enters Antonio’s sickroom, he seems uncomfortable. After he leaves, Ultima assures Antonio that he didn’t reveal Andrew’s secret in his delirium. María likes to hear Antonio read prayers in both English and Spanish.
Narciso’s last words are “It is good to die on a hill of the llano, beneath the juniper.” Antonio finally stops crying and runs home. In the kitchen, his mother embraces him. Ultima notices he has blood on him. He tells them Narciso is dead.
From Ultima, Antonio learns of human frailty and how Narciso took to drinking to cope with hardships in life. He realizes that hardships bring people together and that lifelong friendships emerge as a consequence.
Antonio has a hard time taking God’s side in this debate because these are the questions he wonders about too. Their discussion is interrupted by the church bells calling them to catechism class. Because he is late, Florence must stand with his arms outstretched for the duration of the class.
Antonio’s grandfather is named Prudencio. María greets him excitedly and then Ultima hugs him like an old friend. They discuss the boys away at war, and Lupito, and how the war has reached even the safety of their small community.