Gertrudis was taking a shower at one point and her shower bursts into flames--simply from all the tension that she had been holding in! This is an example of magical realism, and it allows for fascinating elements to be present, but also incorporates places and events that can actually occur in real life. Like Water for Chocolate presents many forms of magical realism inside its pages, and in turn gets into the hearts and empathetic emotions of its readers. Tita represents the rebel inside of all of us. She hates the way that everything around her revolves and wants to change it. She wants to be free from the chains of her oppression, that her mother has bound her by, however, Mama Elena and Rosaura prevent her from being able to be released
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Flynn Rider from the movie Tangled and Pedro both are the forbidden lovers. They allow the female character to break rules or are led away from the regular, everyday way they act. For example, in Tangled Rapunzel has been living in a tower all her life because her mom said that if she leaves the world will hurt her. The day of her eighteenth birthday, Flynn Rider was running away from the palace guards and came across her tower just in the middle of the woods. As he tried to escape, he climbed it, met Rapunzel, and they later left the tower. And in Like Water for Chocolate, Pedro would cause Tita to break the rules or change the way she would live just a few from the different things he did. Like it says on page 38, in Like Water for Chocolate, ‘“And me, aren’t you going to congratulate me?” “Yes, of course. I hope you will be very happy.” Pedro, holding her much closer than convention allowed, took advantage of this unique opportunity to whisper in Tita’s ear: “I am sure I will be, since through this marriage I have gained what I really wanted: the chance to be near you, the woman I really love…””(Esquired 38). Pedro was holding her closer than allowed, which means he was breaking the rules. Also when he whispered that to her it made her rethink the way she saw Pedro; now she would be living differently because she knew he loved
Flynn Rider from the movie Tangled and Pedro both are the forbidden lovers. They allow the female character to break rules or are led away from the regular, everyday way they act. For example, in Tangled Rapunzel has been living in a tower all her life because her mom said that if she leaves the world will hurt her. The day of her eighteenth birthday, Flynn Rider was running away from the palace guards and came across her tower just in the middle of the woods. As he tried to escape, he climbed it, met Rapunzel, and they later left the tower. And in Like Water for Chocolate, Pedro would cause Tita to break the rules or change the way she would live just a few from the different things he did. Like it says on page 38, in Like Water for Chocolate, ‘“And me, aren’t you going to congratulate me?” “Yes, of course. I hope you will be very happy.” Pedro, holding her much closer than convention allowed, took advantage of this unique opportunity to whisper in Tita’s ear: “I am sure I will be, since through this marriage I have gained what I really wanted: the chance to be near you, the woman I really love…””(Esquired 38). Pedro was holding her closer than allowed, which means he was breaking the rules. Also when he whispered that to her it made her rethink the way she saw Pedro; now she would be living differently because she knew he loved