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"The Marez blood draws them away from their home and parents".

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"The orange of the golden carp appeared at the edge of the pond.As she came out of the darkness of the pond, the sun caught his shiny scales and the light reflected orange and yellow and red"
(115  Anaya)

The quote has a very important significance because it

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"mermaids ? ...There is a strange power, it seems to watch you ---" The mermaids were actually sirens. Which represents the temptations Tony feels in his life

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"I turned, as I always did, and looked down the slope of out hill to the green of the river, and i raised my eyes to the turn of the Guadalupe"

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"I knew the earth was a fruitful ...but i never realized it could be like this! the ground was so soft to walk on...sun-dazzling flowers was deep and soft, and beautiful." "page:108"

the overall significance of this image is that while seasons change so do people.

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"the creek flowed around the town, crossed beneath the bridge to El Puerto, then turned towards the river."

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"Then the moon of planting comes over the elm trees and shines on the horde of last year's seeds..."(pg.109)

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"They came from nowhere, made by the heat of hell, they carry with them the evil spirit of a devil, they lift sand and papers in their paths." (Page. 55)

The significance of this image is to show that evil with always stick along good. Antonio is afraid of losing his innocence.

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"And the same salt waters of the oceans there would be no oceans." (page.121) The overall experience of the quote was to understand without the ocean there wouldn't be civilization.

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"Evil is not so easy to destroy."

There will always be good and evil and when there are challenges in life, you have to stay determined and face them rather than to turn away from them.

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"And he has strong Luna blood" (89) .  The overall significance of this image is that Tony has strong Luna blood.

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Jessica Rincon" I could not have been more entranced if I had seen the virgin of God Himself."

(page 114). When seeing the Golden Carp, Antonio is able to piece together his own identity by incorporating bits from both the religion that the Golden Carp stands for, and Catholicism.

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"Evil is not easy to destroy" she said "one needs all the help one can get"
Its important because they explain the charter how when they go evil they cant become good.

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"they lived their live, sang their songs, and died under the changing moon. The moon was their goddess." (pg.90) The overall significance of this image is to show us that the Luna's are loved by many.

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"Every house in town had trees, but I had never seen a place so green."(107) and green

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"There was many other forms witches took.  Sometimes they traveled as coyotes or owls."  (pg.87) They are significance of harm because they give the witches an opportunity to transform, hiding their true identity.

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"The power of the doctors and the power of the church had
failed to cure my uncle. Now everyone depended on
Ultima's magic. Was it possible that there was more power
in Ultima's magic than in the priest?" (pg 99)
This is when Tony starts to doubt God and part of growing up because I remember when I first learned about evolution.

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"It was his hair with which they had worked the evil!" pg.103

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The Golden Carp
"Behold the golden carp...the huge, beautiful form glided through the blue waters...the sunlight glistened off his golden scales" (113). The author shows how admired the golden carp was by describing how it responds to the environment.

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"I knew I had witnessed a miraculous thing... what I had expected God to do ... the monstrous black bass that had broken the surface of the waters," (page 114).  The overall significance is that good is alongside the bad. Once the pureness and holiness of the golden fish had left, the hideous, evil fish followed. One good thing cannot come without the bad, it's the balance of life.

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"...poured sulfur on the coals of the fire and that the flames rise up in a devilish fashion"
(87 Anaya) The people of Guadalupe believe that all witches are wicked and because this took place in the forest, the forest symbolizes all that is bad.

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"Evil is not easy to destroy"
(page 89).

The significance of this image is to show that evil would be hard to destroy because the good side is powerful too.

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"It is true that no person of evil, no bruja, can walk through a door guarded by the Holy Cross."(pg. 134) The people of Guadalupe have the belief that all witches are bad. When Ultima cured Lucas from the curse that Tenorio's daughters laid, she had proven to be a good witch. She even said she was a "good curandera." People believe Ultima isn't a witch because they saw that she appeared on the other side of the door guarded by the cross.

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"I had never seen anything like it, we seemed to travel a sea of calmness but all around the sky darkened." (90 Anaya)
The author explains how this is unusual because usually the sea is crazy and the moon is calm, but now it is the opposite.

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(Chapter: 10)
"My only other avenue to the golden carp would be Cico, so everyday I finished the river, and watched and waited."

Golden Carp (symbolizes):
- Subconscious
-Emotions
-Healing
-Purification
-Transformation
‣ Maybe Anotino's dream about the golden carp was telling him something in his life was about to change.
↖Either dramatically or for the better

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"The lived their lives, sang their songs, and died under the changing moon. The moon was their goddess." (pg. 90)   They depend on the moon for planting and it also represents the Luna family, quiet like the moon.

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" i knew the earth was a fruitful ...but i never realized  it could be like this! the ground was so soft to walk on". "The fragment of sun-dazzling flowers was deep and soft, and beautiful".

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¨without the waters of the moon to replenish the oceans there would be no oceans. And the salt waters of the ocean are drawn...and in turn become again the waters of the moon.¨ (121 Anaya)
The author is telling us this because Antonio , through a dream, realizes that he does not have to choose either the Luna or the Marez blood , but can make his own choices.

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on (page.88) is states a quote about the river "he found his frightened horse by the river".

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"and there were many other forms the witches took.sometimes they traveled as coyotes and owls" (pg87)this explains how witches hide their identity .

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"And I also wondered, why doesn´t the priest fight against the evil of the brujas.¨ -(page 84-85)

The author is informing the reader that the brujas are very wicked and unpure that not even the priest can handle its evilness.

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"...saw that it was no natural fire he witnessed,but rather the dance of the witches" (page 86).
The people of the town have many legends and beliefs towards the witches,while some people don't care much for them. antonio's life is greatly affected by the belief of witches.