Like Water for Chocolate (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Laura Esquivel
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Love
- Time of Work: The 1910’s to the early 1930’s
- Setting: Near Piedras Negras, Mexico
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire, Magical Realism, Fantasy
- Subjects: Tradition, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Gender roles, Supernatural, Marriage, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, Emotions, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Duty, Food, Cookery or cooks, Mexico or Mexicans, Latin America or Latin Americans
- Locales: Piedras Negras, Mexico
Characters Discussed
Tita de la Garza (TEE-tah), the youngest daughter in a ranch-owning family. The rules of her tradition-bound family dictate that the youngest daughter remain single and care for her mother until the latter dies; therefore, Tita grows up in the kitchen, learning about life and cooking from the ranch’s Indian cook, Nacha. Her childhood sweetheart marries her older sister Rosaura so that he can be near Tita, but Tita’s vengeful mother regularly punishes the lovers for their clandestine meetings. Tita rebels against her fate through the marvelous recipes...
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