Bless me ultima

On Bless Me Ultima

All through this book the main character, Antonio Marez, constantly feels conflicted about his spiritual beliefs. He sees the very disturbing killing of Lupito, and is immediately wondering about Lupito’s soul. He is only seven years old and is already being pressured by his mother to become a priest. He is exposed to Utltima, a curandera, who has a history of helping people with her magic herbs. His father and mother are constantly disagreeing about religion. Yet, this little boy is supposed to be loyal to the beliefs of the Catholic Church, which his mother has taught him? It’s no wonder; he has weird dreams and is curious about the golden carp. Through all his turmoil, the golden carp serves has a backup belief that may be better than his own. He demonstrates this several times by choosing the golden carp over his own God, in dreams and in real life situations.
Antonio first dreams of his brothers saying they are giants who are dying and...