In the novel Bless Me, Ultima religion, family and culture play a huge part into the book, these topics make the reader understand and connect to the characters. Without those major points presented in the novel the reader wouldn’t be as interested in reading the book. Bless Me, Ultima if the type of novel of coming of age, this is represented by one of the main characters. This novel is important to Chicano literature because it was a way to fashion the culture to individuals and communities. Much of the experiences and events in the novel reveal the finding of cultures and search of identity in multiple associated spanish culture. Anotonio Marez is writing as an adult about the events he recounts that occured when he was six years old. Ultima who is a curandera, or healer, who comes to live with Anotiono and his family. When Antonio meets Ultima for the first time and shakes her hand he senses some type of power whirlwind around him. Antonio is on the brink of discovery and starting to figure out what it means to grow from a boy to a man. It all begins …show more content…
This is the stage of the novel when Antonio and the Tenorio are truly set against each other. The events that follow inevitably lead the two to their final confrontation, good old conflict at its best. The brouhaha over the curse eventually leads Tenorio to blame Ultima for the death of his daughter, which is when things really start stirring up. When Tenorio's other daughter falls ill and eventually dies as well, Tenorio's desire for revenge on Ultima grows even stronger, and lead us to the point of no return. These two are gonna battle, and there's no way there’s going to be an end to it. From the moment Antonio and Ultima meets Tenorio in that sleazy bar in the village and Ultima accuses Tenorio's daughters of witchcraft, everything has been leading to