A feminist novel is a piece of literature that supports feminist views such as promoting gender equality in the all areas including domestics, civics, politics and economics. Authors of feminist novels often believe in a differentiation of sex and gender. They believe and convey in their writings that although a person's sex is predetermined, gender roles are capable of being changed over time. In a feminist novel the protagonist is almost always a strong female figure with qualities such as independency, determination and a strong work ethic. Like Water For Chocolate is a feminist novel due to a lack of dominant male characters and the prominency of strong female figures. Tita De La Garza is the main character in the novel “Like water for
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She provides the love, care, and support that Mama Elena did not. Without a strong man by her side, she has long been a cook in the ranch and is the source of the many recipes in the story Like Water for Chocolate. Instead of Pedro, the lust of her life, or John, the ex-fiance, by her side guiding her in the right direction and supporting her choices, Nacha is there taking on the male role and being the force of confidence behind Tita’s strong character. Nacha is more of a mother figure to Tita rather than Mama Elena’s strict fatherly ways “Mama Elena read the look on her face and flew into rage, giving Tita a tremendous slap that left her rolling in the dirt by the rooster[...]." (Esquivel,27)When the love of her life, Pedro, marries Rosaura, Tita feel as if her life is over , she's so sad and heartbroken but words of threat from Mama Elena prevents the trail of tears she needs to let loose until night fall and Nacha and Tita are alone in the kitchen "Now we're alone in the kitchen, so go ahead and cry, my child, because I don't want them seeing you cry tomorrow." (29). It's okay to say that without Nacha there for her, she has no one to be a positive role model. As the wedding for her sister goes on, the deeper the sorrow and pain. When Tita cried in the frosting of the wedding cake, everyone became sick and felt just as she did. All people including Nacha, later after eating the cake, she's found dead with a picture of the man she was suppose to be with in her arms "she found Nacha lying dead, her eyes wide open, medicinal leaves upon her temples, a picture of her fiancè clutched in her hands"(41). Nacha is definitely the best thing that could have ever happened to Tita, from a baby to her last day of life, Nacha portrays an important mother figure in the book Like Water for
She provides the love, care, and support that Mama Elena did not. Without a strong man by her side, she has long been a cook in the ranch and is the source of the many recipes in the story Like Water for Chocolate. Instead of Pedro, the lust of her life, or John, the ex-fiance, by her side guiding her in the right direction and supporting her choices, Nacha is there taking on the male role and being the force of confidence behind Tita’s strong character. Nacha is more of a mother figure to Tita rather than Mama Elena’s strict fatherly ways “Mama Elena read the look on her face and flew into rage, giving Tita a tremendous slap that left her rolling in the dirt by the rooster[...]." (Esquivel,27)When the love of her life, Pedro, marries Rosaura, Tita feel as if her life is over , she's so sad and heartbroken but words of threat from Mama Elena prevents the trail of tears she needs to let loose until night fall and Nacha and Tita are alone in the kitchen "Now we're alone in the kitchen, so go ahead and cry, my child, because I don't want them seeing you cry tomorrow." (29). It's okay to say that without Nacha there for her, she has no one to be a positive role model. As the wedding for her sister goes on, the deeper the sorrow and pain. When Tita cried in the frosting of the wedding cake, everyone became sick and felt just as she did. All people including Nacha, later after eating the cake, she's found dead with a picture of the man she was suppose to be with in her arms "she found Nacha lying dead, her eyes wide open, medicinal leaves upon her temples, a picture of her fiancè clutched in her hands"(41). Nacha is definitely the best thing that could have ever happened to Tita, from a baby to her last day of life, Nacha portrays an important mother figure in the book Like Water for