Suffering in the name of love is an interesting theme that intrigued me and inspired me to look more into and research and understand why Laura Esquivel decided to use different recipes to unfold the love story between Tita and Pedro. Many women give up their lives for the people they love even if it means putting others happiness before their own. The structure of the novel; a novel in monthly instalments and each month describes and develops Tita’s life and relationship with Pedro.
In the novel ‘Like Water for Chocolate’ Laura Equivel presents the novels protagonist as a lover of food and describes how her love for food began and why she has a special connection with the kitchen and cooking. Her relationship with the man she is forbidden to marry due to traditional beliefs is developed throughout the chapters. The chapters in the books are divided into months with different recipes at the beginning of each chapter. Every chapter tells a story about Tita and how she uses different recipes for different occasions such as her sister's wedding and Christmas. Food in this novel has almost magical powers to incite or tame passions and even change the destinies of those who eat it and prepare it. …show more content…
She has suffered physical and emotional changes and it has shaped her into the woman she is at the end of the novel. Tita suffered tradition and habitual pressures as well as gender roles and class variation. Women in Latin American countries have no right to say their opinions regarding anything and are forced to follow all the ancestral rules. This tells us how these countries had double standards where women and girls were forbidden to do what they desired and were forced to obey rules. Whereas, the men are permitted to do the same things that are banned for the women without any
In the novel ‘Like Water for Chocolate’ Laura Equivel presents the novels protagonist as a lover of food and describes how her love for food began and why she has a special connection with the kitchen and cooking. Her relationship with the man she is forbidden to marry due to traditional beliefs is developed throughout the chapters. The chapters in the books are divided into months with different recipes at the beginning of each chapter. Every chapter tells a story about Tita and how she uses different recipes for different occasions such as her sister's wedding and Christmas. Food in this novel has almost magical powers to incite or tame passions and even change the destinies of those who eat it and prepare it. …show more content…
She has suffered physical and emotional changes and it has shaped her into the woman she is at the end of the novel. Tita suffered tradition and habitual pressures as well as gender roles and class variation. Women in Latin American countries have no right to say their opinions regarding anything and are forced to follow all the ancestral rules. This tells us how these countries had double standards where women and girls were forbidden to do what they desired and were forced to obey rules. Whereas, the men are permitted to do the same things that are banned for the women without any