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Innocence is lost through wisdom and maturity- "No, no, I whispered through clenched lips. But it was too late for anything The frightened men responded by aiming their rifles over the side of the bridge...Many shots found their mark. I saw Lupito lifted off his feet and hurled backward by the bullets" (Anaya 22)
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Some will punish those who don't deserve it and some will forgive those who don't deserve forgiveness-"God was not always forgiving. He made laws to follow and if you broke them you were punished. The Virgin always forgave"(anaya 44)
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Conflicting cultures can cause confusion: "She took me to the front of the room and spoke to the other boys and girls. She pointed at me but I did not understand her" (Anaya 58)
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Comfort-"The owl had always been there. It sang to me the night my brothers came home from the war, and in my dreams I sometimes saw it guiding their footsteps as they stumbled through the dark streets of their distant cities" (Anaya 257)
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Ultima's soul- "It was true that the owl was Ultima's spirit. It had come with Ultima, and as men brought evil to our hills the owl had hovered over us, protecting us" (Anaya 256)
-Protection
-comfort
-Ultima's soul
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Home-"The sun was good. The men of the llano were men of the sun. The men of the farms along the river were men of the moon. But we were all children of the white sun" (Anaya 27)
-Freedom
-Home
Protection- "It hurled itself on Tenorio, and the sharp talons gouged out one eye from the face of the evil man" (Anaya 134)
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False God-"The golden carp," I whispered in awe. I could not have been more entranced if I had seen the Virgin, or God Himself… I felt my body trembling as I saw the bright golden form disappear. I knew I had witnessed a miraculous thing, the appearance of a pagan god"
(Anaya 114)
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- "There are many gods, cico whispered, gods of beauty and magic, gods of the garden, gods in our own backyards but we go off to foreign countries to find new ones, we reach to the stars to find new ones" (Anaya 237)
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-Confusion
-False God
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Favorite quotes
"understanding comes with life" (Anaya 248)
"Evil is not easy to destroy" (Anaya 89)
"God made us to love, honor, serve and obey him" (Anaya 199)
Spencer Nickell
Water: "Oh please tell me which is the water that runs through my veins, I moaned; oh please tell me the which is the water that washes my burning eyes! (Anaya 120)
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Works Cited
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Significant quotes
Quotes
"You are innocent until you understand." pg.71
"Time stood still, and it shared with me all that had
been, and all that was to come..." pg1 lines 10-11
"It will only end when blood is spilled" pg.150 line 22
Ryan Bird
Historical Background
Jeff Ray
-The book was set in 1940s, Guadalupe, New Mexico
Cultural Background
-During the end of WWII
Cultural Background
-During the testing of the atomic bomb
Historical Background
Quotes
"You must never judge who God forgives and who he doesn't."
Pg. 33
"The smallest bit of good can stand against all the powers of evil in the world and it will emerge triumphant." Pg. 98
"Take care of the evil in the wind."
Pg. 149
Brittany Clements
-Immigration
-Segregation was a major deal in Mexico at the time
-The Great Migration
Favorite quotes
"I can see the action now,' Leon rubbed his hands, 'money, booze, women--" (Anaya 67).
"A man of learning can go far in this world, he can be anything" (Anaya 250).
"On the first day of school I awoke with a sick feeling in my stomach" (Anaya 51)
Hayes Barger
By: Jeff Ray, Ryan Bird, Hayes Barger, Spencer Nickell, Brittany Clements