Bless Me, Ultima | Social Sensitivity
Anaya covers themes in his novels that have had significance in his own life. But while Tony's experiences mirror Anaya's own experiences, they also typify the experiences of many Hispanics struggling to reconcile two cultures. Tony faces the challenge of reconciling his own Hispanic world with the Anglicized world around him. Religion plays a large role in Tony's life. The people of Mexico were pagans before the Spaniards conquered the Aztecs and converted them to Catholicism, but this did not erase the strong ties the people of Mexico had to pagan religion. As was the case with many...
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