How Did The Mexican Culture Change In Like Water For Chocolate

Like Water for Chocolate Mexican culture has undergone tremendous changes within the years this is including family views on their daughters and marriage. Like Water for Chocolate took place during the time of the Mexican Civil War during the time period of 1910-1917. During this time the country was going through an enormous amount of depression forcing families of poor and uneducated to become the hardest hit. Tita being the youngest of her two older sisters is faced with adversity dealing with their mother. Tita’s unwillingness to obey her mother causes tension within the entire family. Her mother’s strong beliefs of their Mexican tradition restricts Tita from having any relationship with Pedro, the man she loves. Through this tension

Tita’s love was Pedro until her mother completely stripped Tita from having a relationship and forbidding her to see Pedro. It is very common in the Mexican culture to have tension between the mother and youngest daughter of the family when it comes to marriage “They have a tradition of caring for their elders at home, and these elders need their care and have few other options” (Griffith). Titas mother strongly believed Tita should be the last of her sisters to engage in a marriage relationship. Her mother’s selfishness and traditional beliefs forced her to sacrifice her own wants in hope to ensure her family, more importantly her mother’s happiness. “You don't have to think about love; you either feel it or you don't” (Esquivel 73). Tita’s sacrifice of her own love, being only one of the many things Tita was stripped of by her mother. More importantly Titas own happiness relied on her own individuality and when stripped of her individuality by her mother issues began to

Many other altercations occurred that added to the chaos of the family including, Tita’s oldest sister moving away and marrying a solider and becoming a general during the Revolutionary War, her other sister going out of her way to marry Tita’s love, Pedro. This began to trigger further issues dealing with the closeness of their family, “Generations of families live in the same neighborhoods, grandparents, parents and children may live in the same household, this reflects the dedication and loyalty of Mexican families” (Gómez). It is a normal traditional thing for Mexican families to remain all together into their elder years, for the most part. Through all the tension and differences within the family they began to stray away from each other in hope to leave it all in the