Magical Realism In Like Water For Chocolate, By Laura Esquivel

Love is a powerful feeling that burns with a fiery passion. The novel Like Water for Chocolate presents this and many other ideas through the examples she shows with Magical Realism. Magical Realism is a genre in where realistic narratives are written along side with some of fantasy, which the novel uses to develop the plot of the itself. For example, there are multiple times when the characters see ghostly apparitions of their lost relatives, light the walls on fire as a result of their overwhelming emotions, or having food cause unnatural side effects just due to the fact that the tears of someone were applied during the preparation. The novel Like Water for Chocolate is by Laura Esquivel, and as a result of the novel, has become a bestselling author. The web presentation Power of Magical Realism is by Sandy Lam, whom is a student journalist who has posted other online articles that discuss historical and social issues. Laura …show more content…
Esquivel uses Magical Realism to develop the plot in Like Water For Chocolate as shown through the examples of the wedding cake, the Gertrudis event, and the ghost of Mama Elena, and they all have a positive impact for the story. As for the wedding cake, it does help the novel as the cake serves for an example for the melancholy that Tita had felt during making it. In the event of Gertrudis’ overwhelming emotions, Gertrudis this way develops her character and actually helps Tita further along in the story, being an important development point in the story. Finally as for the ghost of Mama Elena, she serves as a huge point of character development for Tita, finally being free from authority of anyone. Overall Magical Realism is the reason for why Like Water for Chocolate is stays an interesting story throughout and why it moves it story efficiently. The story of the Like Water For Chocolate is a classic and greatly shows how Magical Realism can be used