Who Is Antonio In Bless Me Ultima

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In modern society, People often judge a person by looks to think what is that person’s life Is. In the novel “ Bless Me Ultima” by Rudolfo Anaya is talking about in world war ii there was a seven year old boy named Antonio’s in Experience from innocent to be a mature boy. While others kids are still growing, he already had understand through many frightening experiences from a old lady. The most crucial moment for Antonio in the Rudolfo Anaya’s novel. Bless me Ultima, is the moment when Antonio help Florence to forget the sin. This moment initiates him moral development.

In the process of Antonio's growth, he had experienced a close death and began to question the strict Catholic education suffered. For the existence of good deeds and evil .He think God should forgiveness everyone’s sin and punishment. The God is not helping the people that need help and not fair for everyone that is innocent. “Me Next! Me Next! ” Bones shouted. (Anaya #211) This show the others kids does not fear of punishment and sins like Antonio does. But when Florence have says “ I don’t have any” ( Anaya #212) during all the kids conversation. Then all the kids gets very serious on what Florence said. It show that people only think of a person from his family and how the way he talk but never know
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He is mature than everyone. Just like a peries that trying to help people for their sins. According to the text “it is god who has sinned against me!” (Anaya #213) said by Florence. This is important because florence think that God is not real. God didn’t help him at all. God take his parents away and made his sisters whores. When Antonio say “there will no punishment, there be no penance! His sins are forgiven!” (Anaya #214). This show that Antonio still think god is not fear for everyone. It also make him to become a true peries or savor, take punishment for others . The kids does not know what kind of priest does Antonio want to

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