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Like water for chocolate chapter twelve take place in with the preparation for a wedding. The recipe prepared for the occasion is chiles in walnut sauce. In this chapter, the wedding appeared to be the wedding of John and Tita only it was later revealed it was not. The ingredients or the chiles in walnut sauce were mixed with three types of nuts such as walnuts, almonds, and cashew. In addition to the nuts, there were also fruits such as pomegranates, a peach, two candid citrons and a apple. The nuts in this ingredients referred to the many different layers of emotional memories through all the time that passed until the current. For example, the different situations that has came along over the years in the family. The having to keep the many secrets in the family. Tita and Chencha finished shelling the nut with help of John. The quantity of the nuts was the feeling of waiting, lasting longer as the years come to age. John was happy to assist, but Pedro was filled with jealousy each time he saw Tita and John together. John gives Tita gifts as kind a gesture to …show more content…
Reminiscing the times of the disagreements and living in the house with Rosaura and Pedro just to create an appearance of a happy family. Along with traditional strong value for Tita niece Esperanza.Wishing that her sister could see this occasion as happy one just as Tita did. Only she died in the same condition of illness and unwilling to see her daughter get married. Rosuara funeral did not have many people to attend because of it. Gertrudis showed up to the ranch looking lavish along with her husband and oldest son. Who grew to be attractive with the blended features of his grandparents. Alex and Esperanza personalized their invitation in black ink, good trimming and wax stealing them to look elegant. The vegetable in the sauce is the growth between Alex and Esperanza. Building the strength in the relationship that

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