Like Water For Chocolate Analysis
Like Water for Chocolate is Laura Esquivel’s original romantic love story and is often dubbed as the “Mexican Romeo and Juliet.” In just 246 pages, Esquivel created a breathtaking work of art, strategically incorporating love, desire, nurture, and feminism. Like Water for Chocolate is famously known for its magical realism. Esquivel uses magical realism to justify the perception of the novel and to make extraordinary concepts seem normal. It is basically the glue that holds the book together. The novel’s magical realism, helps define lust by incorporating the element of fire and imagery. By adding magical elements into the day-to-day life, readers can critically analyze the characters in order to understand their thoughts and actions. As
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After all these years, Tita finally consummated her love for Pedro. However, this blessing quickly became a curse when Tita started experiencing signs of pregnancy and her dead mother came back to haunt her. Mama Elena’s recurrent visits caused Tita to be anxious and frighten. Her mother forced her to go far away from the house and this was the last straw to Tita’s patience and respect for her mother. With the seven words, “I hate you, I’ve always hated you!”, Tita expelled her mother’s ghost. Soon afterwards, Tita’s menstrual fluid rapidly escaped her body and just as her swollen belly alleviated, Mama Elena’s spirit turned into a fireball. The angry fireball aimed its trajectory at Pedro and in just a few seconds, Pedro’s body was set on fire. The magical realism in this incident uses fire to illustrate Mama Elena’s rage after she found out about Tita’s so called “adulterous affair with her brother-in-law.” In the final chapter of Like Water for Chocolate, Tita and Pedro can fianlly openly declare their love for each other. With Mama Elena and Rosaura dead and Pedro’s daughter’s marriage, there are no more obstacles to this Romeo and Juliet’s love story. After Pedro proposed to Tita, the two made love for the first time without worrying about the public’s
After all these years, Tita finally consummated her love for Pedro. However, this blessing quickly became a curse when Tita started experiencing signs of pregnancy and her dead mother came back to haunt her. Mama Elena’s recurrent visits caused Tita to be anxious and frighten. Her mother forced her to go far away from the house and this was the last straw to Tita’s patience and respect for her mother. With the seven words, “I hate you, I’ve always hated you!”, Tita expelled her mother’s ghost. Soon afterwards, Tita’s menstrual fluid rapidly escaped her body and just as her swollen belly alleviated, Mama Elena’s spirit turned into a fireball. The angry fireball aimed its trajectory at Pedro and in just a few seconds, Pedro’s body was set on fire. The magical realism in this incident uses fire to illustrate Mama Elena’s rage after she found out about Tita’s so called “adulterous affair with her brother-in-law.” In the final chapter of Like Water for Chocolate, Tita and Pedro can fianlly openly declare their love for each other. With Mama Elena and Rosaura dead and Pedro’s daughter’s marriage, there are no more obstacles to this Romeo and Juliet’s love story. After Pedro proposed to Tita, the two made love for the first time without worrying about the public’s