Laura Esquivel in the ardent novel, Like Water for Chocolate, explains the necessity to break a ludicrous tradition while telling the story of perseverance. Esquivel supports these themes through her use of vivid imagery and satire. The authors purpose is to illustrate the events that occur leading up to the themes of the novel in order to execute these messages, Esquivel uses a twelve month organization and a recipe for each month. The author writes in a direct and sensitive tone to create sensory imagery in her novel and to capture the attention of the chosen reader.
Laura Esquivel exhibits many narrative strategies to convey meaningful elements of Satire and sensory imagery. In the passage in which Gertrudis is writing to Tita thanking