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    To what extent are Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier and Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel presented as tragic? Name: Candidate number: Subject Area: English A1 Supervisor: Word count: 3779 Table of Contents Section Page Abstract……………………………………………………………….3 Introduction…………………………………………………..............4-5 Contextual Analysis…………………………………………….……5-6 Character Analysis…………………………………………………...6-8 Themes and Stylistic Choices…………………………

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    1. Tita Quote: "Tita was so sensitive to onions‚ any time they were being chopped‚ they say she would just cry and cry; …" (Pg. 5) Write-up: Tita is the main character of the story‚ also the narrator‚ who suffers from unjust oppression from Mama Elena‚ her mother. She is raised to excel in the kitchen and many entertaining arts where she is expected to spend her whole life taking care of her mother. This is following the family tradition that the youngest daughter takes care of the mother

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    An oppressed soul finds means to escape through the preparation of food in the novel‚ Like Water for Chocolate‚ "A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes‚ Romances‚ and Home Remedies‚" published in 1989‚ written by Laura Esquivel. The story is set in revolutionary Mexico at the turn of the century. Tita‚ the young heroine‚ is living on her family’s ranch with her two older sisters‚ her overbearing mother‚ and Nacha‚ the family cook. At a very tender age‚ Tita is instilled with a deep love for

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    Keith IB English III Pereira 12/15/12 The House of the Spirits Essay In Isabel Allende’s novel The House of the Spirits‚ there are two definitive classes of people that are present throughout the novel. The poor class‚ including the peasants of Tres Marias and the socialist party members‚ has continual resentment towards the other class‚ which is the wealthy aristocratic class. The wealthy division of the novel shows little humanity towards the poor‚ treats the poor

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    Laura Esquivel’s novel‚ Like Water for Chocolate‚ is set during the Mexican Revolution‚ which is the background of the novel. “The threat of the revolution hung over them‚ bringing famine and death in its wake. But for those few moments they all seemed determined to forget the bullets flying in the village” (Esquivel 36). Laura Esquivel uses the struggle of the Mexican Revolution as a parallel with the struggle of Tita De la Garza‚ as she struggles to overcome the “ultimogeniture” tradition and the

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    Literary Analysis Essay Like Water For Chocolate is a love story that takes place in Mexico in the era of the Mexican Revolution. The main characters are Tita de la Garza‚ the protagonist‚ and Pedro‚ her love. They fall in love at first sight. Pedro and his father come to ask for Tita’s hand in marriage. Tita’s mother‚ Mama Elena‚ refuses. The de la Garza family tradition demands the youngest daughter must remain unmarried and take care of her mother until death. However

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    Like Water for Chocolate: The Important Role of Food Full of love‚ passion‚ family tradition and mouth-watering recipes‚ Laura Esquivel’s "Like Water for Chocolate" is seasoned with magical intensity that will leave your heart boiling. This book expresses the value of true Mexican family tradition and how a girl’s passion for cooking can affect the loved ones around her. Tita‚ a girl who is destined to a solitary life due to family customs‚ is brought into the world in what comes to be the

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    Women were treated like they were property of men‚ with no voice about their own fate. Feminist movements took place around the world in the 1870 ’s with the purpose to fight for the women ’s rights on the grounds of political‚ social‚ and economic equality to men. Mexico was no different from the rest of the world up until The Mexican Revolution in 1910. For the first time in Mexican history‚ women fought alongside men for justice and freedom. The novel "Like Water for Chocolate" by Laura Esquivel

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    Magical realism is a literary style used by many authors.  Written by Laura Esquivel‚ Like Water for Chocolate is a love story that is both magical and tragic.  Tita is the youngest of three daughters‚ meaning she has to take care of her ill-tempered mother‚ Mama Elena.  She is in love with Pedro‚ but is not allowed the marry anyone due to a longstanding family tradition.  Being so restricted and madly in love with each other‚ Pedro decides to marry Rosaura‚ the eldest daughter and Tita’s sister

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    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

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