On October 21, 2015, I watched the 1992 film, Like Water for Chocolate, in my Spanish 7 class. The film is based on the 1989 novel Como agua para chocolate by Laura Esquivel. I was amazed at the many different family traditions represented in the film. The one which I found most fascinating and horrifying at the same time, had to be the belief that the youngest daughter, Tita, could not marry, as it is her duty to care for her mother until her death. I could not believe that this tradition would be enforced when it was first mentioned. However, when Pedro came to ask for Tita’s hand in marriage, only to be denied for this family tradition, I was shocked. I could not believe that a mother expected her daughter to sacrifice her every want and