In the novel, Like Water For Chocolate, Laura Esquivel explores the meaning of love. She creates a character named Tita, a sweet and innocent girl with little knowledge about love. As the novel progress, Tita soon learns about the meaning of love by the influence of two men – John and Pedro. John is the reasonable doctor of Tita, and Pedro is Tita’s childhood sweetheart. Tita faces the challenge of choosing between John and Pedro. In the novel, Like Water For Chocolate, while John is caring, he only serves as a teacher of Tita; Pedro on the other hand, is a passionate and dedicated true love of Tita, which makes him the best choice of the two for Tita.
Pedro suits Tita because Tita truly believes that Pedro is the love of her life. When Roberto …show more content…
When Rosaura was putting her daughter to sleep, fear struck her at the sight of the dark room: “She saw a strange glow coming from the dark room. Plumes of phosphorescent colors were ascending to the sky like delicate Bengal lights” (158). Pedro’s passion towards Tita is remarkably strong and holds “plumes of phosphorescent colors”. The colors are Pedro’s passionate emotions – intense, bright and grand like a firework. Fireworks can only be produced when the material is heated to a very high temperature. Pedro’s passion resembles fireworks – it is so hot that it can produce light and color. His passion not only brings blessings, but also misfortune. When Tita and Pedro die after making love: “The dark room was transformed into an erupting volcano. It cast stones reached high enough, they exploded into multicolored lights” (245). The passion Tita and Pedro have for each other is limitless that it transforms the dark room into a volcano. Just like a volcano, their passion is hot and wild. Their wild love is uncontrollable and is impossible to stop. Their love is hot, constantly passionate and full of desires. This passion never surfaces when Tita is with John, moreover Tita often questions her love for John, whether it is real love or simply a friendship. Love is not only a feeling but also a commitment. During his wedding with Rosaura, Pedro said to Tita: “I am sure I will be, since through this marriage I have gained what I really wanted: the chance to be near you, the women I really love” (38). When Pedro is informed that Tita couldn’t marry, he did not give up. He came up with a plan, which is to marry Tita’s sister in order to be close to Tita. He is willing to do anything for the “women [he] really love”; even if it means to marry Tita’s sister, Rosaura, a woman whom he doesn’t love. After Alex and Esperanza’s wedding, Pedro and Tita made love: “Surely Pedro had died at the moment of ecstasy
Pedro suits Tita because Tita truly believes that Pedro is the love of her life. When Roberto …show more content…
When Rosaura was putting her daughter to sleep, fear struck her at the sight of the dark room: “She saw a strange glow coming from the dark room. Plumes of phosphorescent colors were ascending to the sky like delicate Bengal lights” (158). Pedro’s passion towards Tita is remarkably strong and holds “plumes of phosphorescent colors”. The colors are Pedro’s passionate emotions – intense, bright and grand like a firework. Fireworks can only be produced when the material is heated to a very high temperature. Pedro’s passion resembles fireworks – it is so hot that it can produce light and color. His passion not only brings blessings, but also misfortune. When Tita and Pedro die after making love: “The dark room was transformed into an erupting volcano. It cast stones reached high enough, they exploded into multicolored lights” (245). The passion Tita and Pedro have for each other is limitless that it transforms the dark room into a volcano. Just like a volcano, their passion is hot and wild. Their wild love is uncontrollable and is impossible to stop. Their love is hot, constantly passionate and full of desires. This passion never surfaces when Tita is with John, moreover Tita often questions her love for John, whether it is real love or simply a friendship. Love is not only a feeling but also a commitment. During his wedding with Rosaura, Pedro said to Tita: “I am sure I will be, since through this marriage I have gained what I really wanted: the chance to be near you, the women I really love” (38). When Pedro is informed that Tita couldn’t marry, he did not give up. He came up with a plan, which is to marry Tita’s sister in order to be close to Tita. He is willing to do anything for the “women [he] really love”; even if it means to marry Tita’s sister, Rosaura, a woman whom he doesn’t love. After Alex and Esperanza’s wedding, Pedro and Tita made love: “Surely Pedro had died at the moment of ecstasy