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    A person's identity is determined by their family and religious view. In the beginning of the book, Tony is certain he will worship the god of the catholic church. As the story progresses, he begins to see that he doesn't completely agree with the god's actions.

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    A person's identity is determined by their family and religious view. In the beginning of the book, Tony is certain he will worship the god of the catholic church. As the story progresses, he begins to see that he doesn't completely agree with the god's actions.

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    WhatMakesAPersonWhoTheyAre?

    Duringthecourseof
    BlessMe,Ultima
    byRudolfoAnaya,thereadercanseemany
    centralthemes.Therearethemessuchasgoodvs.evil,dreamsandcomingofage.Oneofthe
    mostnoticeableoneswasfindingTonysidentity.Thistopicbringsustothequestion,
    what
    makesapersonwhotheyare?
    Aperson'sidentityisdeterminedbytheirfamilyandreligious
    view.
    Oneofthetwocomponentsthatmakeupapersonsidentityistheirfamilybecausea
    family,orlackoffamilyisagreatinfluenceonthem.TonywasoftentoldhewouldbeaMrez
    oraLuna.Thesenameswereabigpartofhislifebecauseitdeterminedifhechosetobelikehis
    motherortobelikehisfather.Tonyalwaysacknowledgedhehadtwotypesofbloodrunning
    throughhim.
    "Antoniohasworkedwell,hesaidstiffly.Hehasthefeeloftheearthinhis
    blood...(Anaya142).ThisiswhereTonyandhisfamilybegintoseethathehaspotentialtobe
    afarmerjustlikehismotherssideofthefamily.Itwastrue,Ithought,itistheMrezbloodin
    usthattouchesuswiththisurgetowander.Liketherestless,seekingsea(66).Inthispartofthe
    story,Tonybeginstonoticehealsohaswildbloodlikehisfather.Thesetwoquotesshowhow
    Tonyhastwoparentswhoeachhaveaneffectonhisidentityofbeingcuriousandoutgoing,yet
    .religiousandseriousattimes.Afamilyinfluencesapersonsidentitybecausetheirfamilyis
    withwhotheyspendthemosttimewith.JustlikeTony,onescharacterisshapedbyhowthey
    areraised.

    OnesreligiousperspectiveaffectstheiridentitygreatlybecausejustlikeTony,thereare
    somelimitsonemusthaveandtheymustalsofacereligiousdoubtattimes.Inthebeginningof
    thebook,TonyiscertainhewillworshiptheGodofthecatholicchurch,butasthestory
    progresseshebeginstoseethathedoesntcompletelyagreewiththeGodsactions.

    Wepassed
    overthebridgeatElRitoandIrememberedCico'sstoryofthepeopleandthegodwhobecamea
    fish.Butwhyhadthenewgod,thegoldencarp,chosenalsotopunishpeople?TheoldGoddidit
    already.Drowningorburning,thepunishmentwasallthesame.Thesoulwaslost,unsafe,
    unsure,sufferingwhycouldn'ttherebeagodwhowouldneverpunishhispeople,agodwho
    wouldbeforgivingallofthetime?PerhapstheVirginMarywassuchagod?Shehadforgiven
    thepeoplewhokilledherson.Shealwaysforgave(137).Here,TonybeginstodoubttheGodof
    thecatholicchurch,thegoldencarpandtheVirginMary.Tonybelievesaforgivinggodwill
    enhance
    thechanceofmanysinnersbeingsaved.Tonysdesiretowantatrueandforgivinggod
    helpsprovethathisreligionisagreatinfluenceonhisidentity.Onesreligiousperspectivescan
    influencetheiridentitybecausebelievinginagodcancauseonetoactdifferentandtothink
    differentfromtheothers.
    Tonydoesnothaveasetidentitybytheendofthebook,butthatdoesnotmeanthe
    thingsthatsurroundhimarenotagreatinfluence.Religionandfamilyarewhatmakesaperson
    whotheyarebecauseonesfamilyiswhomtheyspendtheirtimemost.Religionisalsoagreat
    influencebecauseiftheybelieveinagodthentheyhavedifferentmorals,valuesand
    expectationsthanthosewhomightnotbelieveinagod.Thenovel
    BlessMe,Ultima
    byRudolfo
    Anaya,demonstratesthataperson'sidentityisdeterminedbytheirfamilyandreligiousview.

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