... kill without reason is an attempt to address Antonio's curiosity regarding the morals of murder. Ultima also tries to teach Antonio a larger moral lesson regarding salvation and damnation. Her suggestion that people must make independent moral decisions but should not make decisions regarding salvation and damnation introduces into the ... as an inevitable process that is not good or bad in itself. Antonio's relationship to the Virgin of Guadalupe highlights his growing moral awareness. Before, he was largely concerned with sin and punishment. In this chapter, he begins to include forgive...

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