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Like Water For Chocolate


            
             The novel, Like Water for Chocolate written by Laura Esquivel, is about a girl named Tita De La Garza and her struggle to pursue true love and claim her independence. Every chapter is marked by a month of the year and with a recipe at the beginning of every chapter. The structure of Like Water for Chocolate is dependent on these recipes, as the main episodes of each chapter generally involve the preparation or consumption of the dishes that these recipes hold. .
             In this novel the protagonist is Tita and her mother Mama Elena is the chief antagonist. This mother-daughter relationship is difficult from the beginning, when Tita is brought into the world prematurely after her father's sudden death. Tita and her mother never had a strong relationship or a bond with each other and Tita ends up developing a relationship with food that gives her power to nurture and give out let to her emotions. Overall, Tita and her mother share a central characteristic that tells both of their individual struggles and their conflicts with each other. In the end, Tita which obeys her mother's commands, engages in a life log struggle for love, and eventually wins it through the strength of spirit.
             The characters of this novel include Tita- the protagonist, Mama Elena- Tita's mother, Pedro- Tita's true love, Rosaura- Tita's sister(Mama Elena's second daughter), Gertrudis- the eldest daughter of Mama Elena, Dr. John Brown- an American doctor who treats Tita when she experiences a breakdown, Nacha- the ranch cook, Chencha- the ranch maid, Roberto- the first child of Rosaura and Pedro, Esperanza- the second child of Rosaura and Pedro, and Alex- the son of Dr, John Brown. .
             The symbol used in this novel is the food. It is used as a way of expressing one's feelings and or moods towards each scene or event. The title of the novel does seem realistic because water and chocolate don't mix very well unless the water is heated.


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