Summary Of Tradition By Esquivel

Esquivel argues that family traditions are meant to be broken. Alex, John’s son, sees Esperanza and immediately states that he wants to marry this little girl. He was struck by Esperanzas beauty. Even at such a young age, and with little to no understanding of family tradition, Alex proclaimed he wanted to marry Esperanza. Esquivel writes, “They all laughed at that, but when Rosaura explained to Alex that he couldn’t because this little girl was destined to take care of her until the day she died, Tita felt her hair stand on end. Only Rosaura could have thought to perpetuate such an inhuman tradition”(pg150). The specific words used by Tita in this conversation show how furious she was. Tita states how this is an “inhuman tradition”, a diction choice Esquivel made in order to show how poorly she perceives this tradition. It shows how cruel and and hurtful this tradition is and what rage and fury it brings to Tita, and to show the level of hatred she has towards it. Tita then describes how only Rosaura could have thought to perpetuate a tradition like this. Esquivel chose this diction choice to show how Rosaura was meaning to make this undesirable belief continue indefinitely, without a care of the harm it may cause her child. When Esquivel uses the word “destined” the reader understands how this is a …show more content…
Today there are still some extremely religious people that follow tradition to it’s full extent, live based on their culture, or are binded by parental expectations. This may be true for some people, yet over time tradition has become more flexible and more “pick and choose” so to speak. Although we alter traditions based on experiences, and liking, culture, religion and even parental expectations shape our everyday lives, morals and