Chronicle Of A Death Foretold Virginity Essay

In both of the novels Like Water for Chocolate and Chronicle of a Death Foretold there was a big pressure in their cultures to remain a virgin until marriage. With these cultural aspects it is very tough on a young woman if she loses her virginity because she would be disrespecting her family and could be unaccepted by their society, but if a man where in the same situation they would be accepted just fine. It both of the two stories both protagonists end up losing their virginity whether or not they wanted to but (insert). Laura Esquivel and Gabriel Garcia Marquez show the importance of the virginity in their cultues and how both Tita and Angela turn from virgins into whores. Both stories tell how even though both protagonist lost their virginity they find a way to deal with it. In both the stories the characters who show the most passion when it comes the the virginity of their daughters were the
The whole community believes that a woman should save her self untill marrage. In Like Water for Chocolate once Tita’s family found out that she was no longer a virgin she was completely disowned by her family. Her mother was the most angry with her and says “‘You have blackened the name of my entire family, from my ancestors down to this cursed baby you carry in your belly’”(Esquivel 173) In Chronicle of a Death Foretold once Angela’s husband found out she was not a virgin he left her, showing even the males in the community believe highly in saving virginity until marriage. Once Angela’s found out that she lost her virginity that sat her down and forced her to tell who it was. “They assured her that almost all women lost their virginities in childhood accidents…” (Marquez 42) But her has not a childhood accident. “‘The only thing they believe is what they see on the sheet.” (Marquez 42) the brothers told her, so she told them that it was Santiago