Throughout the entire novel of Bless Me, Ultima, Antonio struggles to be received by fellow students in his class. The best season of the year to attempt to associate with friends is the summer period. Instead of appearing, gray and contrasting like it does in winter, the "waters of the pool are clear and pure." "The sun was crystaline white in the clear, blue sky" embodies the mood and ambience of the summer season. The "darkness of the shadows" implies that both autumn and winter are just around the corner. Summer helps me to recognize the wonders and miracles that the earth truly has to offer. Variation will come with the rotation of the seasons, but summer will keep hopes and joy running high for Antonio. He gets to start school being accepted and having some friends. Before the school year begins, Antonio needs to fight to meet new friends, and Antonio needs to soak up as much information from Ultima as humanly possible to help prepare him for school.

1. "I [he, Antonio] had started praying to myself from the moment I heard the first shot, and I never stopped praying until I reached home. Over and over through my mind ran the words of the Act of Contrition...It [Act of Contrition] was to be said...as the last prayer before death. Did God listen? Would he hear? Had he seen my father on the bridge? And where was Lupito's soul winging to, or was it washing down the river to the fertile valley of my uncles' farms? A priest could have saved Lupito. Oh why did my mother dream for me to be a priest!" (23).

During the seasonal progression throughout the year, Antonio reminisces about the previous summer, which is his learning season with Ultima. Antonio has become harmonized with the environment, and has learned to cherish the ever-changing nature surrounding him. He notices that the vigor and the intensity of the river is being depleted by the arrival of the winter season."The trickle of water in the river bed was quiet, not singing as in the summer" is the obvious clue that the river is losing its fierceness and momentum. Similarly, I always notice the rotation of the seasons by the alterations made in nature. Since the arrival of winter, Antonio has already gone through the hardships and trauma of his first school year, but now, he fe

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Approximate Word count = 871
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)