SENIORS: Bless Me, Ultima

Okay, the next novel we will be reading is called Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya.

This novel covers a lot of different subjects, framed in the context of conflict.

A few of them include:

Old vs. New. That covers a lot of subjects itself, such as the old culture versus the new culture. The old values versus the new values. The old religions versus the new religions. Old methods and ways versus new methods and ways. Imagine your grandparents, their beliefs and values and ideas versus your own. Imagine what people valued in their cultures 100 years ago versus today.

This is a Mexican-American novel. Some words will be in Spanish. You should have a hand-out to assist with this.

This novel also deals with something called magical realism. This is basically the idea of a real world with some magical elements that just fits right in as real as anything else. Don't really worry about this element though.

We'll talk more about this either in your questions or in person in a few weeks!