Discrimination In Bless Me Ultima

At least twenty-six percent of Hispanic students live in fear of being bullied by other students; however, this percentage came from children willing to comply with the survey that was done by the National Center for Education Statistics. Individuals that suffer from this type of embarrassment tend to not want to discuss the situations that they have experienced such as racism that occurs to them that causes them to feel as an outcast to the rest of the world. Hispanic adolescents are bullied due to the fact that their customs and culture are uncommon to the American society. Nonetheless, individuals that are bullied overcome these hardships to become a better individual overall learning how to live in both the mainstream society together with …show more content…
Antonio has to achieve more than an average student in his school to be able to fit in with the rest of the children at his grade level, in spite, of the hard work that Antonio puts into school he still comes across the realization that he is still an outcast. In addition, a confrontation comes up where he has to stand up not only for himself, but his curandera, Ultima, in which others would describe her as a witch, but to Antonio that is his mentor and his guide throughout his difficult times that he faces all through the novel. Throughout the novel Bless Me, Ultima, written by Rudolfo Anaya, Antonio, the main character has difficulty learning about the mainstream society due to his upbringing in a Hispanic household; consequently, he did not get the feeling that he belonged due to his background, ethnicity, and his customs. However, he did overcome all these barriers that were put in front of him in which he put together the American society and his Hispanic