Evaluation of Rudolfo Anaya’s Novel “Bless Me, Ultima” Author Rudolfo Anaya wrote a wonderful coming of age story in his novel “Bless Me, Ultima”. In this novel Rudolfo Anaya tells the story of a young boy who is torn between his mother’s dreams for him and his father’s. When Antonio Marez is a young child, a friend of the family’s named, Ultima comes to live with them. Ultima guides Antonio through …showed first 75 words of 1849 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1849 total…examples of the universal idea of death. This a subject that people now and until eternity will have to deal with. Also his novel has many very beautiful paragraphs, such as when Antonio describes the golden carp. This novel is also very truthful in a sense that it could take place in any era or part of the world. “Bless Me, Ultima” is a literary work of art that Rudolfo Anaya should be proud of.