There is a strong role of family tradition in the household of the characters portrayed,
such as the youngest child of the family is unable get married and have kids,
instead has to look after the parents till there death. This is strongly noted
throughout the book as the tradition of the De La Garza family, which has gone
on for generations. In this case Tita is the youngest of the family and has to obey
the role of caring for her single mother, as the father of the household had passed
away many years before hand.
Tita wishes to brake free from this tradition and be with her one true love Pedro,
this was causing an internal conflict for her as she wished to fall in love and
marry rather than follow the cultural pressure to …show more content…
Gertrudis displayed a strong sensual passion throughout the book, which
eventuated in her leaving with the soldier as described earlier. It was unusual at
that time for women to display open and strong emotions. Which was her real
character, which we can see evidenced by the fact that she became a rebel
leader-commanding soldier’s in the field, again something out of the usual …show more content…
In summary and review the majority of the characters in this family broke many
of the steadfast tradition of the time with respect to a woman’s place in the
family and the community. This was characterized through Tita’s reaction to
remain subservient to her mother, Tita’s flagrant disregard for the morals of the
time having one an affair with a married man who was her brother in law,
secondly in falling pregnant as a single woman. Further Gertrudis was
completely outside the stereotype of women of that time, following her dream
and what she wished she could do, rather then follow what society expected her
to do as a woman.
Pedro also failed to meet the expectation of a man at the time where he schemed
to be with a woman that he was not married to rather then honor and respect his
chosen spouse. Even Mama Elena broke tradition and social values as she fell
pregnant with her first daughter (Gertrudis), which resulted in the death of her
husband. One of the few characters that conformed to the social codes of that
time, which even now would be considered highly exemplary for any person, was
the doctor’s care and consideration for
such as the youngest child of the family is unable get married and have kids,
instead has to look after the parents till there death. This is strongly noted
throughout the book as the tradition of the De La Garza family, which has gone
on for generations. In this case Tita is the youngest of the family and has to obey
the role of caring for her single mother, as the father of the household had passed
away many years before hand.
Tita wishes to brake free from this tradition and be with her one true love Pedro,
this was causing an internal conflict for her as she wished to fall in love and
marry rather than follow the cultural pressure to …show more content…
Gertrudis displayed a strong sensual passion throughout the book, which
eventuated in her leaving with the soldier as described earlier. It was unusual at
that time for women to display open and strong emotions. Which was her real
character, which we can see evidenced by the fact that she became a rebel
leader-commanding soldier’s in the field, again something out of the usual …show more content…
In summary and review the majority of the characters in this family broke many
of the steadfast tradition of the time with respect to a woman’s place in the
family and the community. This was characterized through Tita’s reaction to
remain subservient to her mother, Tita’s flagrant disregard for the morals of the
time having one an affair with a married man who was her brother in law,
secondly in falling pregnant as a single woman. Further Gertrudis was
completely outside the stereotype of women of that time, following her dream
and what she wished she could do, rather then follow what society expected her
to do as a woman.
Pedro also failed to meet the expectation of a man at the time where he schemed
to be with a woman that he was not married to rather then honor and respect his
chosen spouse. Even Mama Elena broke tradition and social values as she fell
pregnant with her first daughter (Gertrudis), which resulted in the death of her
husband. One of the few characters that conformed to the social codes of that
time, which even now would be considered highly exemplary for any person, was
the doctor’s care and consideration for