Bless Me, Ultima & The Odyssey

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A 5 page essay that contrasts the spiritual journey toward maturation portrayed in Homer’s Odyssey and Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me Ultima. Examination of both narratives demonstrates that they each concern stories of spiritual maturation. While the Homer’s protagonist is a grown man, a Greek hero of the Trojan War, Odysseus, and Anaya’s novel is the story of a six-year-old boy, they nevertheless bear this similarity. Bibliography lists 5 sources.