A very interesting line from the popular 2015 musical, Hamilton, says, “Death doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints, it takes and it takes and it takes.” A major theme from the novel Bless Me, Ultima, says that Rudolfo Anaya, the author, believes that fate and death are inevitable, but people must learn to cope with them, especially in cases of the deaths of people who they believe innocent. This theme relates to the line from Hamilton, because they are both talking about how death will take everyone in the end, and it doesn’t matter how good someone is. In Bless Me, Ultima, Antonio witnesses the deaths of three men, and two of the men he believes deserve to be forgiven of their sins. Anaya uses Antonio’s dreams to illustrate
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He fell asleep under Ultima’s watch, and he had a dream about his brothers and what will happen to the soul of Lupito. In his dream, his brothers cried, “It is the soul of Lupito… doomed to wander the river at night because the water washed his soul away” (26). When Antonio’s brothers say this, it shows Antonio’s maturity. He is very open to new ideas and he is able to understand the more complex ideas, like the ideas of afterlife and death. Immediately after this, La llorona out, “La llorona seeks the soul of Antoniooooooooo . . . . . . Lupito seeks his blessinggggggggg . . .” (26). La llorona is a witch who cries on the river banks. When she cries out these words, she is talking about how she wants Antonio to die, and she is luring him in by …show more content…
In this dream, he sees three figures, who are Lupito, Narciso, and Florence. These are all the men he has seen die up to this point. The three figures appear to him in this way,
First I saw Narciso. He held his hands to the gaping, bloody wound at his chest. Behind him came the mangled body of Lupito, jerking crazily to the laughter of the townspeople. And finally I saw the body of Florence, floating motionlessly in the dark water. These are the men I have seen die! I cried. Who else will my prayers accompany to the land of death?
He fell asleep under Ultima’s watch, and he had a dream about his brothers and what will happen to the soul of Lupito. In his dream, his brothers cried, “It is the soul of Lupito… doomed to wander the river at night because the water washed his soul away” (26). When Antonio’s brothers say this, it shows Antonio’s maturity. He is very open to new ideas and he is able to understand the more complex ideas, like the ideas of afterlife and death. Immediately after this, La llorona out, “La llorona seeks the soul of Antoniooooooooo . . . . . . Lupito seeks his blessinggggggggg . . .” (26). La llorona is a witch who cries on the river banks. When she cries out these words, she is talking about how she wants Antonio to die, and she is luring him in by …show more content…
In this dream, he sees three figures, who are Lupito, Narciso, and Florence. These are all the men he has seen die up to this point. The three figures appear to him in this way,
First I saw Narciso. He held his hands to the gaping, bloody wound at his chest. Behind him came the mangled body of Lupito, jerking crazily to the laughter of the townspeople. And finally I saw the body of Florence, floating motionlessly in the dark water. These are the men I have seen die! I cried. Who else will my prayers accompany to the land of death?