Who is Antonio in Bless Me, Ultima? I have been reading this book and trying to figure out some traits of this character. All I can think of is...

Antonio
(also called “Tony” and “Anthony”), the main character and protagonist of the novel, is
a six-year-old boy who lives with his family just outside Guadalupe, a small village in
New Mexico.

Antonio is a
seeker, a thinker, and a person of faith...only he doesn't know yet exactly what to
believe. 

He is persuaded by the image of the Virgin Mary
and prefers her over the more confusing male God figures that he has been exposed to. He
also likes the idea of the Golden Carp, but is confused by the stories that surround it,
which, like the Catholic stories he has heard, present a mixture of compassion, love,
and vengeance. 

Antonio is smart - he skips a grade - and
wants to please his family, but he is not sure that he can fulfill the expectations that
his mother and father have for him. They both expect different things from him and he is
uncertain about how to find his way into adulthood while pleasing them
both.