... as some people go through life, events can alter or completely reshape their religion and beliefs, causing them to become completely different people. In Rudlofo Anaya's Bless Me Ultima, Antonio is a young boy whose faith is repeatedly challenged by life's circumstances, the actions of people around him, and his ever changing relationship with God ... to him. He further doubts the might of God when he first sees the golden carp, and thinks of how "the power of God had failed where Ultima's worked; and then a sudden illumination of beauty and [flashes] through his mind. [That] is what [he]...

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