It was a constant battlefield between Engracia and her mother because, like Tita, nothing she ever did satisfied or met Nacha’s expectations no matter how …show more content…
Tita and Engracia both suffer verbal and emotional abuse from their mothers, but Engracia decided to face it and not let her Ignacia’s words get to her while Tita instead decided to run away. Both Nacha and Mama Elena the same strict and cold emotions towards their daughters and expect way too much out of them. However, Nacha did not believe in the old rule that the youngest daughter could not be married nor have children. Engracia forgave her mother when she passed away, and did not hold any anger towards her, but respect because of all the life lessons she was able to learn which only made her