Coming to the realization that he doesn't have to choose whether to be a Márez or a Luna, or believe in the God of the church or in the golden carp, Antonio "[takes] the llano and the river valley, the moon and the sea, God and the golden carp "and [makes] something new- (247). ... Above all, he comes to realize that old ways can and often must be modified, and that if the "old religion could no longer answer the questions of the children, then perhaps it was the time to change it- (248). ...

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