Similarities Between Like Water For Chocolate And The Joy Luck Club

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Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquirel and The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan are similar because they both share cultural expectations and cultural values. In both stories each family has different expectations for the women in the family. Like Water for Chocolate is about The youngest daughter in the De La Garza family, Tita is forbidden to marry her true love, Pedro because its tradition that Tita must care for her mother. However, the tradition only applys to their family. Pedro Marrys her older sister, Rosaura, even though he still loves Tita. The situation creates a lot of tension in the family, and Tita's emotions begin to show in bizarre ways through her cooking. The Joy Luck Club is about

Wanting specific relationship causes Tita