... kind of power as Ultima has suggests to him that no single way of interpreting the world can ever comprehend everything; life requires a commingling of different perspectives, explanations, and beliefs. Part of Ultima's authority in the community and in Antonio's family comes from the fact that even though she is not a member of the Catholic Church, she rigorously follows a philosophy ... Cico's pagan religion than like Marí's Catholicism, and the result is even more tension between the parents. Antonio's struggle to cope with competing moral orders is now a symbolic part of his strugg...

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