Tita And Pedro Character Analysis

Love, whether young or mature, has an overall physical, emotional and psychological effect on Tita and Pedro. Although Pedro and Tita were very young, fifteen to be exact, their love was intensely mature. This love was forbidden because Tita, being the youngest of three, was never allowed to marry let alone fall in love. “If she couldn’t marry, was she at least allowed to experience love?” “Tita knew perfectly well that all these questions would have to be buried forever in the archive of questions that have no answers.” This denial of marriage brought upon a bittersweet life with many conflicting emotions.

Tita is the youngest child born to aristocrats, whom was raised and nurtured by the family cook. At fifteen years young, she has had more than her fair share of heartache and …show more content…
“Washing into this world on a tidal wave of tears.” Tita’s life will continue to be a tsunami of emotions that may eventually take her out to sea with no lifeline. Tita has been denied the love and passion she feels for her neighbor, Pedro, by Mama Elena and her traditions. As tradition goes, the youngest of the children is compelled to care for her mother until she dies. This tradition forces Tita to find other ways for her oppressed emotions to emerge. The birth of her nephew, Roberto, reignites her passion for life and love, however, she was forced to suppress this passion because of Mama Elena’s traditions. Tradition is number one killer of broken relationships between mothers and daughters. For decades upon decades, daughters have been forced to endure the repetition of following someone else’s dreams other than her own, the semantics go back in the name of tradition. You are never allowed to pursue your own dreams or fulfill your own destiny, you see the tree of forbidden fruit but you are never able to taste it;