The novel Like Water For Chocolate is filled with many metaphors and similes. One that is important to the plot and the theme is the simile "She could pick up the watermelon and give it a single blow against a stone, in a particular stop, and like magic the watermelon rind would open like the petals of a flower leaving the heart intact on the table" (97). This sentence is describing ... Mama Elena and how she cuts watermelon for people who get hot during the night. This is symbolism showing how Mama Elena treats Tita ... to marry Pedro is apart of the conflict. The theme of the story is the ...

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... that are contrary to the desires of one, interfere with the values of another. In the book "Like Water for Chocolate," a major revolution develops between mother and daughter, Mama Elena and Tita. Like most revolutions, traditions are the major factor in the revolution that happens between these two; Tradition states that ... the youngest daughter must not marry, but must take care of the mother until she dies. Nevertheless, when a young man decides to ask for Tita's hand in ... horrified and forced her into an immediate marriage with . . . Tita's father." Even though Tita knew the tru...

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... movie like water for chocolate was an interesting movie. It was about a family that had three daughters and a mean and nasty mother. The youngest daughter had the hardest life of the three sister's. Her family tradition, enforced by her mother stated the youngest daughter may never marry but instead care for her mother for ... for me for rest of my life. The mother then suggested the boy to marry her oldest daughter. The boy agreed and the marriage was final. The young daughter was crushed. On the wedding day, the young daughter put a potion in the food that mad everyone throw up. Everyo...

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