Gabriela' clove and cinnamon
It seems as if most Latin novels and films are very infatuated with depicting strong and passionate love. Both “Like Water for Chocolate” and “Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon” represented love in its pure nature and in its various stages. In both literary works love was repressed by outside parties, Tita’s love was repressed by Mama Elena and Gabriela’s love was periodically suppressed by societal codes. The Latin writers and directors do a very good job in depicting the roller coaster ride called love. Both films accentuated the role of love and food in Latin society. Coincidentally both titles contain culinary references, which further accentuate the intensity of the love. While societal circumstances seemed to be absent from “Like Water for Chocolate”, they often played a significant role in” Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon” .Although the novel “Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon” delivers a more potent form of social commentary then “Like Water for Chocolate”, the two were inherently similar in so far as their major focus was love and the obstacles it faced. The novel “Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon” contains two stories which occasionally intertwine. One story
The social pressures faced by women post wedding under traditional Ilheus culture were very oppressive. The sentiments shared by women in those times were best described in the novel when Malvina swears that “The husbands were absolute masters and the wives were reduced to passive obedience. Worse then being a nun. She swore to herself, that she would never let herself be trapped” (Amado 299). Malvina’s defiance of societal codes leads her to get beaten and later leads her to exile. While these social laws were difficult on most women, it didn’t seem to bother Gabriela because she was oblivious to them. Her childish attitude which was really accentuated in the film allowed her to lead the life she wished to lead. These pressures became clear to her only when she decided to marry Mr. Nacib. Marriage for women subsequently meant the forfeiting of their already limited rights. Marrying into high society thrust Tita into a new world where conformity meant survival. She couldn’t understand why people would choose to go to lectures rather then circus’s which were manifestly more fun. She loved being Mr. Nacib’s cook and mistress but resented being his wife. The introduction of Gabriela into Mr. Nacib’s world was only possible because of food. Gabriela’s beauty extended far beyond her appearance, it went down to her hands and right to the food she made. The only conventional uses women had to men were to cook them dinner and then to later have sex with them. Her eminent beauty and her great ability to cook made her the object of affection for very man. She was the epitome of a
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Clove Cinnamon”,
Water Chocolate”,
Gabriela Nacib’s,
Elena Gabriela’s,
Nacib Marriage,
Rosaura’s Pedro’s,
Mama Elena,
Tita Gabriela,
Gabriela Nacib,
Gabriela Ilheus’s,
clove cinnamon”,
“gabriela clove,
water chocolate”,
“like water,
“like water chocolate”,
“gabriela clove cinnamon”,
mama elena,
novel “gabriela clove,
ilheus culture,
quest realize,
novel “gabriela,
love repressed,
lost love life,
lost love,
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