Food, And Supernatural Events In Like Water For Chocolate By Laura Esquivel

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The novel Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel is the perfect combination of love, food, and supernatural events. Looking deeper at the novel’s characters enlightens the reader to their motivations for their sometimes bizarre words and actions throughout the novel.
Tita is the main focus in the novel Like Water for Chocolate, because she is the center of most of the food and drama. In the beginning of the novel it describes how “for Tita the joy of living was wrapped up in the delights of food” (pg 7). Tita was born into being surrounded by ingredients and she grew up cooking in the kitchen. Throughout the novel, Tita turned to cooking to work through her emotions. Titas sanctuary was the kitchen and it helped to keep her mental stability.
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Pedro even tells his father that he is “going to marry with a great love for Tita that will never die” when he was engaged to Tita 's sister (pg 16). Though Pedro agreed to marry, Tita 's sister, Rosaura he was still committed to Tita, which is a dangerous situation. Pedro uses Rosaura to get as close as he can with Tita. One aspect of being married is sealing the marriage with intercourse but when Pedro prepares he proclaims, "Lord, this is not lust or lewdness but to make a child to serve you" (pg 4040). Pedronot committed to histo his marriagewith withRosaura and their future together but to being with Tita. Pedro is a complicated character considering his love life with Tita and the damage that causes to other characters.nd the damage it cause to other charactersMama Elena is a strict and uptight mother who believes she is doing what is best for everybody, but only hurting others in the end.Mama Elena is said to be the pro Mama Elena is said to be the pro “when it came to diving, dismantling, dismembering, desolating, detaching, dispossessing, destroying, or dominating” (pg. ). . Mama Elena is an intense woman. She is a dominate and dictating character who practically decides the fates of all the other characters in Like Water for Chocolate. This quote elaborates on how strong Mama Elena could be with words and physical action. From …show more content…
Esperanza was born into the unstable family of Rosaura and Pedro, so from birth she was condemned to a difficult future. In Like Water for Chocolate Esperanza was In Like Water for Chocolate, Esperanza was “the youngest child, and worst of all, a girl” (pg. #). . Esperanza’s mother Rosaura wanted to carry on the tradition of the youngest daughter becoming the mother 's personal slave until death, which is constricting the freedoms of said daughter. Esperanza was subjected to become her mother 's slave till she died, because she was the youngest, and only, daughter Pedro and Rosaura had. . Tita at the end describes Esperanza as “so self-confident, so intelligent, so perfectly prepared, so happy, so capable, and at the same time, so feminine and womanly, in the fullest sense of the word” (pg 240). . Tita was there to stand up against Rosaura and set Esperanza free. When Esperanza became free to live as she wished, she developed so much potential and could do what she wanted. Esperanza grew to become more than what she would have been under Rosaura’s strict

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