Thesis Thesis StatementStatement

Like water for Like water for chocolate is about chocolate is about submission. submission. Where woman are Where woman are there worst there worst enemies and role enemies and role reversals are reversals are commoncommon

Forbidden love Forbidden love and food go hand and food go hand in hand with self in hand with self discovery rebellion discovery rebellion and hidden pasts. and hidden pasts. Patriarchal values Patriarchal values rule and femininity rule and femininity takes a strange takes a strange twisttwist

The principle The principle characters in Like characters in Like Water for Chocolate Water for Chocolate are mostly female.are mostly female.

Tita Tita Mama ElenaMama Elena Gertrudis Gertrudis Rosaura Rosaura Nacha and ChenchaNacha and Chencha

Males are usually Males are usually more feminine in more feminine in their behaviourtheir behaviour

Pedro - SookyPedro - Sooky John - MatronlyJohn - Matronly

Society - Society - Suppressed and Suppressed and

OppressedOppressed

The society is repressed by the The society is repressed by the patriarchal society in which patriarchal society in which everyone’s lives is dictated by the everyone’s lives is dictated by the head of the family. head of the family.

Tita is therefore restricted by her Tita is therefore restricted by her mothers weird and mothers weird and wonderful attitudes in wonderful attitudes in

which she cannot escape which she cannot escape

TITA’S REBELLIONTITA’S REBELLION

Tita’s rebellion is Tita’s rebellion is seen in the use of seen in the use of Magic Realism Magic Realism throughout the throughout the novel.novel.

The wedding CakeThe wedding Cake The rose petal The rose petal

saucesauce Flatulence and fatFlatulence and fat The blanketThe blanket

Recipes and Romance Recipes and Romance The concept of the The concept of the

recipe is central to recipe is central to the novel.the novel.

It represents passion, It represents passion, romance, lust, love, romance, lust, love, anger and betrayal anger and betrayal the recipe can be the recipe can be used in any setting to used in any setting to provoke one or all of provoke one or all of these emotions in the these emotions in the consumer. consumer.

It is in the recipe It is in the recipe that Tita can that Tita can express herself - it express herself - it becomes a part of becomes a part of who she is, for eg. who she is, for eg. Christmas Rolls Christmas Rolls

Roses and recipes Roses and recipes create romance and create romance and and other explosive and other explosive situations situations

The PassionThe Passion

““The passion with which Pedro had The passion with which Pedro had torn away her clothes , causing the torn away her clothes , causing the flesh beneath her skin to burn at flesh beneath her skin to burn at the touch of those incandescent the touch of those incandescent hands. The blood simmered in her hands. The blood simmered in her veins. Her heart burst into a veins. Her heart burst into a seething passion.” seething passion.” (p198)(p198)

THE FAMILY AND THE THE FAMILY AND THE FUEDFUED

Tita and Pedro always seem to Tita and Pedro always seem to come against opposition to their come against opposition to their union and it always comes from union and it always comes from the family members.the family members.

Tita finds this opposition in Tita finds this opposition in Rosaura;Rosaura;

““You had no right to have a You had no right to have a boyfriend.”boyfriend.”

““I had the same right to marry as I had the same right to marry as you did, and you had no right to you did, and you had no right to stand between two people who stand between two people who were deeply in love.” were deeply in love.”

And from Mama Elena:And from Mama Elena:

““You and Pedro are shameless. …You and Pedro are shameless. …Behave like a good woman , or a Behave like a good woman , or a

decent one at least!” decent one at least!” (179)(179)

The Idea of The Idea of

FEMININITYFEMININITY

To the table or to the bed – To the table or to the bed – you must come when you are you must come when you are

bid.bid.