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 ... is the battle between women for power and the traditions kept by families. The simile ties to the theme because by keeping the tradition, Mama Elena is cutting up Tita like the watermelon. Also, because of the mother's r...

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... in households can also occur when traditions 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 ... the book, mother and daughter were finally face-to-face on even ground. Mama Elena's ghost, Tita's imagination, lashed out at her daughter, "You and Pedro are shameless . . . you beha...

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• Grade Level: High School