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1. • • BLESS ME, ULTIMA is both lyrical and realistic, has many positive messages, and deals with extremely weighty and important issues.
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   • Bless Me, Ultima is Anaya's best known work and was awarded the prestigious Premio Quinto Sol. In 2008, it was one of 12 classic American novels [a] selected for The Big Read, a community-reading program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, and in 2009, it was the selected novel of the United States Academic Decathlon.

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   What is Bless Me Ultima about?

   • Bless Me, Ultima is about the social-psychological maturation of a Mexican-American, or Chicano, boy living on the eastern plains of New Mexico during the 1940s. The novel begins with Ultima, a curandera, or folk healer, going to live with the Márez family during the summer that Antonio is six years old.

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   Why is Bless Me Ultima so controversial?

   • Owing to what some consider adult language, violent content, and sexual references, Bless Me, Ultima is often the target of attempts to restrict access to the book and was therefore placed on the list of most commonly challenged books in the U.S. in 2013.

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   What do parents need to know about Bless Me Ultima?

   • The parents' guide to what's in this book. Parents need to know that Bless Me, Ultima makes it quite explicit that morals are subjective and not absolute. Catholicism is treated reverently, but its long-held and sometimes contradictory beliefs are constantly questioned.

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   Was Bless Me Ultima a Chicano novel?

   • Margarite Fernandez Olmos comments on the novel's pioneering position in the Chicano literary tradition: " Bless Me, Ultima blazed a path within the Chicano literary tradition in the [genre] 'novels of identity' in which the main characters must redefine themselves within the larger society from the vantage point of their own distinct ethnicity."

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   Who adapted Bless Me Ultima?

   • Theresa Larkin, a theatre arts professor at Cal State L.A., adapted and directed it. Also in partnership with The Big Read program, Denver, Colorado's premier Chicano theater company, Su Teatro, produced a full-length workshop stage production of Bless Me, Ultima, for which Anaya himself wrote the adaptation.

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   Jan 1, 1972 · Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me Ultima is a coming-of-age book that ends up being a great deal more, with elements that reminded me at times of the works of Gabriel Marquez but much more of Luis Urrea's excellent novel, Hummingbird's Daughter, set in a rather similar time & place.

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   Lyrical story of young boy questioning religion, morality. Read Common Sense Media's Bless Me, Ultima review, age rating, and parents guide.

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   Apr 18, 2024 · With Bless Me, Ultima (1972), Rudolfo Anaya achieves a similar effect on the reader through his portrayal of New Mexico’s beauty and the magic of growing up and forging an identity at the...

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   Bless Me, Ultima is a coming-of-age novel by Rudolfo Anaya centering on Antonio Márez y Luna and his mentorship under his curandera and protector, Ultima. It has become the most widely read and critically acclaimed novel in the New Mexican literature canon since its first publication in 1972.

   • Author: Rudolfo A. Anaya

   • Publish Year: 1972

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   Bless Me, Ultima follows Antonio Márez’s journey from youth to young adulthood as he decides what he believes in and what kind of man he wants to become. As the child of parents from two different parts of Chicano culture, Antonio feels caught between the Márez and Luna ways of life.

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   Jan 9, 2024 · “Bless Me, Ultima” is a profound and beautifully written coming-of-age story that transcends the usual narratives of youth. Anaya masterfully blends the personal with the universal, delving into deep themes such as cultural identity, spirituality, and the journey from innocence to understanding.

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    Bless Me, Ultima is about the social-psychological maturation of a Mexican-American, or Chicano, boy living on the eastern plains of New Mexico during the 1940s. The novel begins with Ultima, a curandera, or folk healer, going to live with the Márez family during the summer that Antonio is six years old. Antonio is preoccupied with and anxious ...