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04-25-2008, 01:55 AM
Like Water for Chocolate- Class Participation
After reading Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquirel, I was able to ponder upon the decision that Tita made about who to love. I know that personally I was partially shocked about her decision, because I thought that Tita would eventually choose John. In class, we discussed how we cannot completely criticize Mama Elena’s treatment toward Tita because of her tragic past. From this we know that we must consider the person’s background as a whole when criticizing and judging their actions. With Tita, I realized that her decision was based on her life of commitment to others. Tita has been trapped in her mother’s home due to Mama Elena’s persistence of family traditions. She wants to love somebody and have somebody care for her, but she knows that due to the constraints of the family tradition, these hopes are not logical. Eventually, when it comes time to make a decision about who she truly loves, Tita chooses Pedro even though I feel as if John would have been a more logical decision. Now I realize that Tita is sick of being logical, safe, and trapped. Her decision about who to choose is made with her heart. She has never been able to do this before and has always allowed herself to be constrained by others in her family. Her happiness in her ability to make a decision with her heart and without the control of other is relevant on page 237: “In fact, Tita no longer gave a damn either about what people would say when their love affair was made public. For twenty years she has respected the pact the tow of them had made with Rosaura; now she had had enough of it” (Equirel). If anyone else has a comment about Tita’s decision or other important aspects of Like Water for Chocolate, please respond!
After reading Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquirel, I was able to ponder upon the decision that Tita made about who to love. I know that personally I was partially shocked about her decision, because I thought that Tita would eventually choose John. In class, we discussed how we cannot completely criticize Mama Elena’s treatment toward Tita because of her tragic past. From this we know that we must consider the person’s background as a whole when criticizing and judging their actions. With Tita, I realized that her decision was based on her life of commitment to others. Tita has been trapped in her mother’s home due to Mama Elena’s persistence of family traditions. She wants to love somebody and have somebody care for her, but she knows that due to the constraints of the family tradition, these hopes are not logical. Eventually, when it comes time to make a decision about who she truly loves, Tita chooses Pedro even though I feel as if John would have been a more logical decision. Now I realize that Tita is sick of being logical, safe, and trapped. Her decision about who to choose is made with her heart. She has never been able to do this before and has always allowed herself to be constrained by others in her family. Her happiness in her ability to make a decision with her heart and without the control of other is relevant on page 237: “In fact, Tita no longer gave a damn either about what people would say when their love affair was made public. For twenty years she has respected the pact the tow of them had made with Rosaura; now she had had enough of it” (Equirel). If anyone else has a comment about Tita’s decision or other important aspects of Like Water for Chocolate, please respond!