What Is Like Water For Chocolate Magical Realism

According to princeton.edu, Magical realism by definition is an aesthetic style or genre of fiction in which magical elements are blended into a realistic atmosphere in order to access a deeper understanding of reality. In the movie “Like Water for Chocolate”, magical realism acts through the cooking of Tita. Tita put so much emotions through her cooking that all those who consumed it felt the exact same emotion that Tita felt while making the food they ate. That’s how they portrayed the magical realism in the film, it made me understand what they are trying to convey in the movie. Tita and Pedro’s undying love for was also represented in a magical realism way, the fire. The fire represented their love for each other which is hot, intense, …show more content…
That event was a sign that Mama Elena is not playing around and they should. Another scene in the film that used magical realism is the scene where Tita and Pedro made love in the room filled with candles. When Pedro climaxed, his heart beat rapidly and that’s the cause of his death. Tita loves Pedro so much to the extent that she wanted to come with him. Tita eating the matches is another way of them portraying magical realism, Tita wanted their love to spark or ignite even after in the other life. The film “Like Water for Chocolate” has many examples for magical realism. Another example of magical realism that was effectively portrayed in the film was the scene where Tita cooked the quail in rose petal sauce, Tita got pricked by the thorns of the rose and the drop of blood fell into the rose petal sauce she was preparing. Tita was feeling the emotion of need that time when she was preparing the quail in rose petal sauce and when they ate the meal, they all felt hot and bothered except Tita. The quail affected Gertrudis so much, she ran off or eloped with the General and never came back until Tita’s engagement