Bless Me Ultima Reaction Paper

The carp could act as however it is being portrayed as or it could mean something important to what it is being associated with. Many mythical symbols have a beginning, such as the carp. There are stories about the origin of the carp, but those are not one-hundred percent true. “The real origin of those coloured creatures was in truth, more of an accident than by any real intentions and they are truly ‘man made’” (“Origins and Myths” 1).
The carp was discovered unexpectedly instead of having a reason to, and it was made by man. The carp is sometimes referenced as “koi” because the people from Japan call it koi, but it is also known as the carp. “The Chinese then raised the koi in their rice patty fields to be used for food especially during the long winter months, and not for pets. The Chinese then passed on their knowledge of raising koi to the Japanese” (“What Do Koi Fish Symbolize?” 1).
The carp was initially used in China, then the Chinese introduced it to the …show more content…
After that happened, many years later, a new people came to live in this valley. And they were better than the first inhabitants, in fact they were worse. They sinned a lot, they sinned against each other, and they sinned against the legends they knew. And so the golden carp sent them a prophecy. He said that the sins of the people would weigh so heavy upon the land that in the end the whole town would collapse and be swallowed by water” (Anaya 123). The golden carp in Bless Me, Ultima, is a symbol of forgiveness. In the book, the golden carp saves a few people and the rest of the people are rotting because those people were sinners. The carp determines whether the person or people who have sinned are forgiven or unforgiven. Then, the unforgiven are led to their eternal doom because of all the horrible mistakes they have