ONRP: Like Water for Chocolate
"It was as if a strange alchemical process had dissolved her entire being in the rose petal sauce, in the tender flesh of the quails, in the wine, in every one of the meal's aromas. That was the way she entered Pedro's body, hot, voluptuous, perfumed, totally sensuous" (Esquivel 52). This quote goes with the theme of food or cooking because they are eating the quails in rose petal sauce as a family. The passion Tita uses when cooking is what makes her food so lively and full of power. She has so much love and want when making the food that once you eat the food you feel sexual in different ways. And the desire between Tita and Pedro that turns the act of eating into a sexual action.
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The song I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor has a theme of Femininity like the novel Like Water for Chocolate. The song is about a breakup and how the writer was able to get the personal strength to get over it. The writer lyrics read "I Will Survive" which shows the personal strength she has to get over this boy and move on to be the best women she can be for herself. Then, in Like Water for Chocolate Tita uses her strength to get through he problem of abuse that her mother gives her everyday. The way Mama Elena talks to Tita is not okay and the way Tita just takes it and moves on with her strong passionate mind and shows how she will survive even if she is treated poorly.
Theme literature essay
Laura Esquivel is a Mexican writer that is known for her novel Like Water for Chocolate from 1989. She was born on September 30, 1950 in Mexico. Laura is a educator, journalist, author, and a screenwriter. She realized that she wanted to become a writer in the 1970s when she was teaching her kindergarten class because she would write plays for her students. She has a vivd writing style because when talking about her food she uses the sensory images like the use of smell, taste, and sound to explain her food and the passion she has for cooking. And she also uses hyperbolic statements in her style because she uses a lot of exaggerated words and scenes to explain the main events in her life during the novel. In 1992, she was the winner of the Silver Ariel for the best screenplay in Like Water for Chocolate.
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I would recommend this book for girls that are at the age of 16 years or older. I believe that girl 16 or older should read Like Water for Chocolate because it shows them what a positive role model looks like if they don't have one in their life. It gives the readers many positive messages from a positive role model. It also shows how women can be full of strength and passion even through hard times. And how even if you are a women you can get through any problem that is given to you because women are just as strong as any man or person.
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Like Water For Chocolate is a story about Tita, the youngest daughter of her family who are in Mexico. Tita is the youngest daughter so she is not supposed to get married but Pedro asks Mama Elena for her blessing and she said no. Pedro then decides to marries Rosaura. Then , they marry and Rosaura becomes pregnant and Tita delivers her son. Tita would breast feed the baby because he wasn't getting enough nutrients. Mama Elena moves Rosaura's family to move to San Antonio because she feels that Tita and Pedro are becoming close. Then,Roberto to pass away which then causes Tita to have a breakdown so she gets help from Dr. John. Mama Elena is found dead due to an overdose. She she has died now Tita can marry so she accepts the engagement from John Brown. Rosaura is pregnant again. And then, Pedro takes Tita in a room and makes love to her which causes Tita to become pregnant. So Mama Elena comes in spirit and curses Tita and is threatening her. And then when Rosaura dies so now Tita and Pedro are finally allowed to be together. And they have a passionate night and Pedro passes away and then Tita sets herself on fire so that she can join him in the afterlife. This causes the whole ranch to be burnt down but the only thing left is Tita cookbook.
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