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Analysis Of Like Water For Chocolate By Laura Esquivel

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In most fairy tales, the journey that a character must go through is all because of love. The hero must compete with obstacles to get what they are wanting. Just like in, Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, Tita must fight her way through old family traditions to be with her one true love, Pedro. This book conforms to traditional fairy tales because not only must Tita fight her way to her destiny, but magical realism helps her along the way. The novel begins with Tita as a stereotypical woman, playing traditional womanly roles and weak. Although Tita portrays a traditional female role, she finally breaks free from Mama Elena’s family traditions when she blames Mama Elena for Roberto’s death, “You did it, you killed Roberto!” (99).
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