Antonio Márez, or Tony as he is often called, is the main character of Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya. He is the youngest of all his brothers, but the hopes of both his parents are placed in him. All the events she goes through in the short time Ultima spends with her family cause her to grow far beyond her years and her notions of a peaceful, unchanging world to be destroyed forever. Once safe from everything, Antonio's experiences lead him to question everything that happens around him. He spends a lot of time pondering the meaning of justice and is forever torn between the different worlds he is exposed to. Over the course of the book, Antonio is forced to face the different paths that his future holds for him, that of being a farmer or a priest or a man of the llano, or his own man. Antonio finds himself exposed to the adult world and is forced to choose between maintaining his innocence or facing the answers to all the questions the world around him leaves him to ask. During his journey, Antonio is torn between the world of the Catholic Church in which he grew up and that of the Golden Carp and the world of Ultima that is presented to him. All these internal conflicts and external realizations transform Tony from a young boy to a young man who is more aware of the world around him than most adults. Throughout the story, Antonio is constantly pushed in different directions by his parents. His mother desperately wants him to become a priest like the first Lunas who came to earth were. If he cannot become a priest, then he wants him to become a farmer like the men in his family are. Antonio's father wants him to be a llano man, not tied to the land like a farmer, but free to wander it as he sees fit. Since his birth, his... middle of paper... tries to mentor him so he can grow up to be whatever he wants. Antonio is intelligent and often appears more mature than his peers. Antonio is trapped between the world of innocence he has grown up in so far and the world of maturity that is beginning to creep into his life. He's starting to understand that growing up means losing some of that innocence and questioning what was once simply accepted. Even his once concrete idea of ​​the Catholic faith was changed forever when he was introduced to a new religion in the form of the Golden Carp. All these elements lead to the timeless tale of growth and self-discovery. Antonio begins his journey as a boy, but all his experiences and observations of the world around him, along with Ultima's guidance, lead him to become a young man well beyond his years..