Feminist Analysis Of Gertrudis Like Water For Chocolate

Like Water For Chocolate features many strong women and many of the women do challenge the patriarchal view of society but Gertrudis does the most challenging as she does end up going against patriarchal views. As Gertrudis was a rebellious daughter already in the beginning, she was considered a woman to look up to as she also helps Tita with her problems. In terms of feminism and assuming gender roles, Gertrudis does the exact opposite in being the fragile woman and staying in the kitchen and instead becomes very independent as the story progresses. Gertrudis already starts the feminist idea as she doesn’t fit into the traditional woman's role of staying in the kitchen and goes more toward dancing as hinted on page 9. Gertrudis was busy doing