Tradition is a way of life; it is what separates cultures, religions, and practices from everybody else’s. Like Water for Chocolate is a book that was published in 1990 by Laura Esquivel. Tita the protagonist is enforced to shadow the same traditions her mom and her family endured. The role of women in relation to cleaning and cooking tie in with the time that the book was written in essence of the Mexican revolution. When revolutionaries traveled, the women in the in the train were there for useful functions. They scavenged for food, cooked, attended those who were wounded, and some even fought in the revolution. Everybody in the world has a religion they follow, but is that person happy with their tradition? In Like Water for Chocolate, tradition serves as a net force for repression. In the book Like Water for Chocolate, there are numerous traditions and practices that are kept from previous generations that are significant to the family but most importantly to Mama Elena. …show more content…
Mama Elena wanted to make sure Tita did everything asked of her or else serious actions will have to be taken. Even though being cruel was an effective tactic, deep inside Mama loved Tita with all her heart, in the article called A Woman of Strength and Purpose it says, “Being a mother is to be passionate, persistent, highly effective, and sometimes a little bossy” (Tobias 93) Making hard decisions is a part of life, mothers especially, deal with this situation. Occasionally, when they have a daughter or son they have to act upon certain situations and let them know that they cannot have everything, and that is life. Many folks become stable with their lives and reach a point where they are satisfied but for Mama Elena, that was not the case. Mama wanted to make sure Tita struggled constantly, after all, she did not realize the damage and hatred built up inside the body of her own