Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya was published in 1972 in America. This book is of a young Mexican boy who is caught between internal and external conflicts. Antonio, the main character, changes as a results of inner conflicts, one is which is he a vaquero like his father the Marez or a farmer like his mother's brothers the Luna, and which god should he believe in the Golden Carp, the pagan god, or the Christian …showed first 75 words of 778 total…

…showed last 75 words of 778 total…does not decide what he would be. This is in part because a man cannot decide what he will become, because develops slowly into what he is meant to be. The conflict of which god he should believe in is not resolved. It seemed as he was leaning toward the carp but it was too vague to tell. Even though he did not resolve his dilemmas he is a great step further to his answers.