Do you consider yourself a feminist? In the novel Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, she writes about femininity and traditions that occur in Tita’s life. Also a bit of magical realism to captivate her readers. Throughout the plot, most of the characters present themselves as independent and rebellious or while others are seen doing what women are expected to do like cooking, cleaning, taking care of children themselves, and etc. However, out of all the characters I can conclude that Mama Elena and Tita show that Like Water For Chocolate is expressed as a feminist novel.
Tita is shown to be a feminist when she starts to be rebellious and refuses to accept her position in life. According to page 12 of January is where she starts being rebellious when Mama Elena asks her, “Are you starting up with your …show more content…
For example, throughout most of the book you can see that Tita, Chencha, Nacha, and more are seen cooking the majority of the time while there’s rarely any men cooking at all. Another scenario is where Chencha gets stressed with cooking for Gertrudis and her army when they stayed at the ranch. With women being treated horribly by men, Chencha unfortunately was a victim. In page 129 of July, it explains “that night, when she got to the house, a group of bandits attacked the ranch. They raped Chencha.”. In addition on to being treated horribly, “Mama Elena, trying to defend her honor, suffered a strong blow to her spine and was left a paraplegic, paralyzed from the waist down.”. These two pieces of evidence show that the bandits were heartless enough to do that to Mama Elena and Chencha by hurting them both. However, it shows that Mama Elena at least had the courage to stand up for her ranch and Chencha. For Chencha, time had passed and she had found the one that would be by her
Tita is shown to be a feminist when she starts to be rebellious and refuses to accept her position in life. According to page 12 of January is where she starts being rebellious when Mama Elena asks her, “Are you starting up with your …show more content…
For example, throughout most of the book you can see that Tita, Chencha, Nacha, and more are seen cooking the majority of the time while there’s rarely any men cooking at all. Another scenario is where Chencha gets stressed with cooking for Gertrudis and her army when they stayed at the ranch. With women being treated horribly by men, Chencha unfortunately was a victim. In page 129 of July, it explains “that night, when she got to the house, a group of bandits attacked the ranch. They raped Chencha.”. In addition on to being treated horribly, “Mama Elena, trying to defend her honor, suffered a strong blow to her spine and was left a paraplegic, paralyzed from the waist down.”. These two pieces of evidence show that the bandits were heartless enough to do that to Mama Elena and Chencha by hurting them both. However, it shows that Mama Elena at least had the courage to stand up for her ranch and Chencha. For Chencha, time had passed and she had found the one that would be by her