Brief Summary Of Lupito's Death Of Ultima

Tony notices the passing of time by the sun shine that comes through his window each morning. A bit of Antonio’s youth is escaping the home that his three brothers built each day because he awakens “with new experiences”. Each day, as time passes, Antonio becomes a more adept and matured version of himself.

The day after having witnessing Lupito’s death Antonio is curious about what will happen to his soul. Based on what’s said in the bible he wondered whether Lupito’s soul will go to hell, whether god will forgive him and put his soul in purgatory, or would Lupito’s soul be doomed to haunt the river like the Llorona? On the way to church Antonio also asked Ultima what would happen to the souls of the men who killed Lupito, whether God would chose to forgive them. Ultima simply said that it wasn’t their place to question who would be saved, it was only God’s decision.

It’s already known that Antonio’s parents differ in hopes of his future career/way of life, yet in this chapter we learn they also differ in attitudes towards Antonio simply growing up. His mother doesn’t like the thought of Antonio becoming a man who will be tarnished from their pureness, she feels the only way he would be saved would be for him to become a priest. Yet, his father feels that Antonio becoming a man one day is “only a fact of life” and that Antonio is the only one to decide whether he will become a priest or not. Ultima agrees with Antonio’s father.
Antonio heard that Las Pasturas was the land of his birth. He heard stories of how the men of Las Pasturas would ride their horses through the land were the high grass mimicked the sea. This land of his fathers, who he also heard weren’t the most religious. He heard a story of how his grandfather had a dispute with a priest after he preached against his actions.
During his “fight” with Horse, Antonio was thinking about how Horse was surely going to attack him after having just flipped him on his back in front of the other boys.

Antonio could see a crazy quality in horse’s eyes and in his general demeanor. Yet, to Antonio’s surprise, Horse didn’t attack him. Horse was impressed with him.

Antonio’s mother, Maria Márez, says that "growing into manhood is a sin" because she believes that the pure quality that is bestowed on to children from god is lost when a boy becomes a man. She fears that Antonio will lose his pureness, so she constantly urges him to become a priest because she believe that God is the only one to “save” him from the destructive ways of manhood.

The grey house on the hill belongs to a women named Rosie. Antonio says that a respectable family had lived in the house before, which implies that Rosie isn’t respectable. Rosie is also said to be evil, not like a witch, but in other ways. The priest also preached that women shouldn’t live in Rosie’s house. So, based on the information give it can be inferred that the grey house on the hill is a

brothel.