Why did Tita feel a deep love for the kitchen? 6. Explain what happened to Tita when she was two days old. 7. Explain the relationship between Tita and Nacha. What made their relationship special? 8. What made it possible for Nacha to nourish Tita and impossible for Mama Elena? 9. Compare and contrast Tita’s world to that of her sisters. 10. What was the reason given to prevent Tita from marrying Pedro? 11. What is the significance of the family tradition? 1 Chu English 12 12. 13. 14. Wha
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book "Like Water for Chocolate‚" is a main revolution that develops between mother and daughter‚ Mama Elena and Tita. Like Water for Chocolate shows revolutions in traditions and are the major factor because tradition states that the youngest daughter must not marry‚ but must take care of the mother until she dies. However‚ when a young man decides to ask for Tita’s hand in marriage‚ Mama Elena flat out refuses to let Tita get marry and allows her sister to marry him. The revolution continues to
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insensitivity to the president’s death visiting Eugene while everyone was still mourning. Eugene’s Mother assumes that Elena‚ her family‚ or Puerto rico immigrants in general are insensitive to the tragedy. “I don’t know how you people do it‚” pg 301 Eugene’s mother also doesn’t understand immigrants and believes herself superior to both Elena and people who are similar to Elena‚ she believes that she is not sorrowful enough about president Kennedy’s death to want to study with her son. However she
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CHAPTER 2: Nature and Effects of Obligations Art. 1163. Every person obliged to give something is also obliged to take care of it with the proper diligence of a good father of a family‚ unless the law or the stipulation of the parties requires another standard of care. (1094a) 3 kinds of prestations in obligations: • To give real (there is some physical thing which may be the subject of possession‚ the delivery of which completely discharges the obligation) • To do • Not to do
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Hayley November 10‚ 2013 January and February Like Water For Chocolate January 1. Who is narrating the story? Tita’s great niece is narrating the story. 2. What happened to bring on Mama Elena’s early delivery of Tita? Tita was crying while Mama Elena was chopping onions one day and this caused the early delivery of Tita. 3. Where was Tita born? Tita was born in the kitchen. 4. How come it was not necessary to slap Tita on the bottom at birth? Tita didn’t need to be slapped on the bottom because
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had been arrested for allegedly beating his wife Ana Mora. Cordero’s first wife‚ Mora‚ offered a cultural explanation. After defining the meaning of cultural explanation‚ which is define as an explanation for crime (such as homicide) which is phrased in terms of the culture of the sub group or sub culture of that nation it helped me attain a better understanding of what Cordero’s first wife was offering. Learning that Cordero’s first wife Ms. Mora who admitted she as well had been abused by Cordero
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bond is crucial. In Laura Esquivel’s novel Like Water for Chocolate‚ it seemed liked Mama Elena was unaware of the importance of this relationship. “Unquestionably‚ when it came to dividing‚ dismantling‚ dismembering‚ desolating‚ detaching‚ dispossessing‚ destroying‚ or dominating‚ Mama Elena was a pro.” Mama Elena was destined to ruin Tita’s life. Esquivel shows a bitter relationship between Tita and Mama Elena which contributes to how Tita is as a person. Early in the novel‚ the reader is introduced
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Tita with her problems and sometimes in the kitchen. This shows how Nacha is being the mother that Elena never was. | Tita becomes Independent: | Mama Elena had been holding back Tita before she was even born because she was her youngest daughter. She had to take care of Elena until she died and never get married. After Elena dies she came back to haunt Tita. Tita finally stands up to Elena and she stops haunting her. This signified Tita’s independence that she had been
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the youngest of three daughters to Mama Elena. As part of the De La Garza tradition Tita was never to marry as her destiny was to take care of her mother until the day that she died. Many saw this tradition as ridiculous and absurd but to Mama Elena no one was going to abandon the tradition especially not one of her daughters. Times were different during these times and there was not much freedom given to young ladies that came from a descent family. Mama Elena was respected by all as an authority figure
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of the novel‚ Tita is the youngest daughter of Mama Elena‚ prohibited by family tradition from marrying so that she will be free to take care of her mother later in life. The novel follows Tita’s life from birth to death‚ focusing mostly on her tortured relationship with Pedro and her struggle and eventual triumph in pursuit of love and individuality. Mama Elena - The tyrannical‚ widowed matriarch of the De La Garza clan. Mama Elena is the prime source of Tita’s suffering. Her fierce
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