Like Water For Chocolate Character Analysis

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Throughout history, wars have been fought by the humankind for the sake of change. These revolutions occur as ideas and traditions that conflict with one another. As a fierce struggle rages on in the story Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquival, the long held values of one inhibit the desires of others. Tita finds herself in a war with her mother and herself. This war of suppression challenges Tita and forces her to either give in to her mother or change and take control of her own life. Tita must rise up from the ashes of revolution and become her own independent self. Tita is the youngest daughter of Mama Elena and finds herself living under the tyrannical rule of her mother. As tradition states, “being the youngest daughter means you have to take care of me until the day I die.” (10) Mama Elena keeps Tita from marrying the love of her life; however, Tita finds herself in conflict and is unwilling to accept such a declaration and swears "to protest her mother's ruling" (11). While currently unable to do so, Tita believes her mother’s words to confine and restrain her from pursuing a life without love to be injustice. She…show more content…
Soon after the marriage, Roberto, the son of Pedro and Rosaura was born into the world and into Tita’s life. Before the birth, Tita believed she would have an extreme distaste for the child; however, having helped deliver him and discovering that only she could feed him, a bond grew between Tita and the baby. Through Roberto, Pedro and Tita’s relationship slowly grew as a new connection drew them together. Roberto had become the knot of their relationship, something beyond just lust and sex. In Pedro’s eyes, Tita had become a goddess, “like Ceres herself, goddess of plenty.” (70) It became evident that Tita seemed to be more of a mother to Roberto than Rosaura, and Tita acted in such a way, performing her motherly
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