'Cognitive Process Culture Essay\r'

'Lamadrid takes into account the novelological or magical dimension of the novel and relates it to the emerging social sureness of the protagonist. He asserts that Anaya elucidates that the command of Curandera is important in nature is derived from fabulous though mould and it resultant knowledge. These mythical thought processes itself are derived from closedown of the contradiction that is inherent within the culture. So he portrays power as capability to contemplate and sweep up the social processes in a dialectical way.\r\nSo myth is not something extra-human and acultural phenomenon that it is a cognitive representation of social thought process. This scholarly hold facilitates readers to understand the usance of Antonio in the context of mythical realism and development of his mature social consciousness at the completion of the novel. People resort to Antonio at critical times because they are inherently aware that these mediators have powers that can offer reme dies to their maladies. So myth helps understanding the subprogram of Antonio in the society and how this role is established.\r\nMancelos, Joao de. Witchcraft, Initiation and Cultural Identity in Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me, Ultima. Alfarrabio. Retreieved on 12 October 2008. Website: <<http://alfarrabio. di. uminho. pt/vercial/zips/mancelos21. rtf>> This condition manifests the development of Antonio and how different elements of chicano culture i. e. witchcraft, cultural identity element play a vital role in helping him achieving maturity. He considers the role of Ultima and his witchcraft valor to help Antonio explore his cultural identity.\r\nThis article elaborates the role of his familial traditions, by his Hispanic lineage and his Catholic religion at an early stage of his life. subsequent he learned the tussle between Ultima and his religions but prefers Ultima and his witchcraft. All this contribute toward his maturity at the end of the novel. This arti cle explains several(a) developmental stages of Antonio and contribution of various factors during these periods and enables us to understand the contributories toward this development.\r\n'