osite nor it's opposite. This includes the balance of his Principles of Opposites, Entropy, Equivalence, Extroversion and Introversion. The scale of balance on both sides is now equal and no energy is stored into one side or the other. There's no longer any energy to act because one no longer desires to do anything else. "Then one dies and then reaches one's true self" (Boeree). Relation to Class Activities:As I read through chapter fourteen in Bless Me Ultima I saw a very strong sense of character displayed by Narsico. Like Derek Chan stated in class, "a knight in shining armor". It is his act of heroism: his journey through the snowstorm to deliver the urgent news to Utlima. And as I look back upon what I've read in the book so far, I can directly make connections between certain characteristics to specific characters. Mainly these characteristics are those of idealized, respected traits. Now that I see this, I take back my statement of Anaya "just telling a story". And I see that, maybe, Anaya has even based his book on concepts relating to Jung's theories. This is because I see the archetypes within BMU. The certain characters that we related to certain people: Ultima, the curandara or wise elder and Evil as Tenario and his three daughters. I also see the struggle in which Tony has to find Jung's biggest archetype, self. He is confused and uncertain of what his true path is. His mother comes from a completely different world than that of his father's. One is wild and free roaming while the other is settled down and religious, and then we have other mixtures of paths that he could take. The paths that lead to pagan worship: the Golden Carp or the mysterious magic of Ultima. But Jung says the goal of life is to reach a balance between our differences whether it be physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual. And this is how I think the book will end and Tony will discover himself: through balance. ...
