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Like Water for Chocolate Review Like Water for Chocolate is about the love between two individuals (Tita and Pedro) and how their love was squandered by the societal norms of the age. Tita, the youngest daughter in her family, falls in love with Pedro. They have a “secret” relationship but when Pedro asks for her hand in marriage, Tita’s mother, Mama Elena, refuses. In her family’s traditions, people do not marry for love; they marry for convenience, and that is exactly what she continues with Tita and her sisters. Tita tries to rebel from her mother’s traditions but proves difficult when her love is being married to her sister. Mama Elena succeeds at keeping Tita and Pedro apart by having Rosaura (Tita’s eldest sister) and Pedro move to
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