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Bless Me, Ultima | Study Guide

Rudolfo A. Anaya

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Overview

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Author

Rudolfo A. Anaya

Year Published

1972

Type

Novel

Genre

Drama

Perspective and Narrator

The novel Bless Me, Ultima is narrated from the first-person point of view of Antonio, a young Chicano boy—that is, a Mexican American born in the United States.

Tense

Bless Me, Ultima is narrated in the past tense.

About the Title

The spiritual healer, Ultima, of the title Bless Me, Ultima guides Antonio, the book's protagonist, as he begins to learn about and question the world around him. When Ultima is dying Antonio asks her to bless him, and she does.

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