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Antonio is Alienated Antonio is Alienated I believe that in the novel Bless Me, Ultima Antonio is an alienated individual. He doesn’t seem to act like any of the other kids his age and has been through so much more then they have. For example, Antonio is torn between making his mother happy and becoming a priest, or making his father happy and becoming a cowboy type figure. He also has experienced a lot of death in his life to people he cared deeply about. I believe that Antonio is alienated because he has the mind of an adult, he is the only one who can talk to Ultima, and he can see the future. Oddly, Antonio is the only one who understands Ultima. For example, in the beginning of the book Antonio shook Ultima’s hand and he could sense the power of a whirlwind pass through him. Also, Ultima declares that only she will know what the future holds for Antonio. In the novel I noticed that Ultima rarely talks to anyone except for Antonio, he probably possesses something that no one else has. Sometimes Antonio and Ultima would work out in the garden and talk about antonio, ultima, carp, dreams, golden, about, possesses, one, mind, kids, happen, future, example, believe, antonio’s, alienated, age, through, think, things, talk, something, powers, power, novel, next, men, mature, making, makes, life, human, home, happy, going, different, cico, brothers, book, becoming, because, adult, able, young, work, wonder, whirlwind, what’s, well throughout, war