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Bless Me, Ch13

Antonio questions his faith after witnessing the punishment of others. He wonders if the Virgin Mary would be a more forgiving god. He has a dream of seeing Ultima dead in a coffin during a witches' mass, foreshadowing her death. Antonio's uncles try to get him to spend the summer working on their farm to teach him their way of life as a Juna, rather than wandering aimlessly like his brothers. Antonio is still torn between being a Juna or a Marelo.

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Bless Me, Ch13

Antonio questions his faith after witnessing the punishment of others. He wonders if the Virgin Mary would be a more forgiving god. He has a dream of seeing Ultima dead in a coffin during a witches' mass, foreshadowing her death. Antonio's uncles try to get him to spend the summer working on their farm to teach him their way of life as a Juna, rather than wandering aimlessly like his brothers. Antonio is still torn between being a Juna or a Marelo.

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Chapter Thirteen

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Antonio and his family go to his uncles to harvest crops. There
Antonio ass !hy his uncles did not !arm them of Tenorio"s plans.
Then he discovers that Tenorio"s daughter !as a !itch #ecause she is
#eing #uried lie one$ in a cotton!ood coffin.
%But !hy had the ne! god$ the golden carp$ chosen also to punish
people& The old 'od did it already. Dro!ning or #urning$ the
punishment !as all the same. The soul !as lost$ unsafe$ unsure$
suffering(!hy couldn"t there #e a god !ho !ould never punish his
people$ a god !ho !ould #e forgiving all the time& )erhaps the
*irgin +ary !as such a god& She had forgiven the people !ho
illed her son. She al!ays forgave. )erhaps the #est god !ould #e
lie a !oman$ #ecause only !omen really ne! ho! to forgive.,
p-./ 0ere Antonio is having dou#ts a#out his faith. 0e !onders
a#out 'od and !hy he does !hat he does. 0e !onders if the virgin
mary !ould mae a #etter god. 0e says he is more forgiving than
god. 0e does not !ant to have a god that is al!ays punishing. 0e
!ants a god that can forgive.
%Sleep came$ and !ith it came my dream(fate !hich dre! me to the
!itches" Blac +ass. 1 sa! all$ and it !as e2actly as my uncle had
descri#ed it. Then my dream(fate dre! me to the coffin. 1 peered in
and to my horror 1 sa! 3ltima4,p-56 0ere it e2plains !hy Antonio
dreams. 1t is a reflection of his faith$ of !hat is to come. 1n this one
he sa! 3ltima dead in the coffin. This is foreshado!ing 3ltima"s
death$ and the fact that its during a Blac +ass means that it !ill
have something to do !ith Tenorio or his daughters.
%0e has the feel of the earth in his #lood. 7e !ould #e honored if
you sa! fit to allo! him to spend a summer !ith us(the others$ did
not choose our !ay of life. So #e it. But if Antonio is to no! our
!ay$ !e must initiate him ne2t summer(, p-58
0ere Antonio"s uncles are trying to get Tony to spend the summer
!ith them on their farm. They !ant to save him #efore he ends up
lie his #rothers 9ust roaming around lie the raging sea. They !ant
him to #e a :una.
Tony has conflicts !ith his faith. 0e is still deciding if he is a :una
or a +are;.
7hat is the golden carp&
7ill Antonio #e a +are; or a :una&

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