The central protagonist of “Like Water for Chocolate,” by Laura Esquivel, is Tita. Throughout the novel, Tita undergoes a small, personal journey about breaking and abandoning tradition to seek out her own desires. However, everything she does always involves another character’s help or inspiration. In a world with so many strong women and so many strong female characters, Tita is far from one, much less a role model Tita is not a role model for women because her life revolves around men and she has never stood up for herself and she lived to serve.
