Ultima

Ultima Antonio’s Religious Doubts The most important aspect in the second half of the novel Bless me Ultima is the gradual loss of faith in Antonio. He is at a very young age (3rd grade) but his friends and family look up to him as the priest of the household. It is apparent that Antonio has dreams of being a great priest which would bring honor to his family and make him a well-respected man. Unfortunately it is not as easy as Antonio would think because he is doubting the Catholic God because of the people who believe in the catholic God but who have so many troubles going on in their lives. He is secretly question why a powerful catholic God would constantly punish his own people. Antonio could not find an answer to why evil exists in the Catholic religion, instead he finds peace in a spiritual relationship with the land and nature. He antonio, people, god, ultima, catholic, question, priest, own, land, faith, dream, tried, three, save, religious, religion, family, because, antonio's, young, without, well-respected, very, unfortunately, understanding, ultima’s, troubles, thus, though, think, state, spiritual, seeing, secretly, second