Saturday, March 21, 2009
Like Water for Chocolate
In the film, Like Water for Chocolate, Tita falls in love with Pedro. However, her mother does not allow Tita to marry him, due to the family tradition. Instead, she arranges for Tita's sister, Rosaura, to marry him. As a result, Tita turns to cooking food that greatly affects her family. It can be said that those actions were unappropriate for the position a daughter or sister has in the family. However, it can also be said that her actions were suitable for the acts committed against her. Given her circumstance, do you think Tita's actions were acceptable?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
We offer pieces of our essence into that which we love - an artist into his paintings, a lyricist into his words, a musician into his songs, a spouse into his marriage, Tita into her cooking. It is this sacrifice and self-vulnerability that makes the subject meaningful, special, unique. "Like Water for Chocolate" takes this concept and, through magical realism, epitomizes the idea. That is why Tita's dishes literally affect their consumers, because she has cooked her feelings into her recipes with her love of cookery. For example, Tita she spills tears into the cake batter and the guests feel her loneliness and longing, she pours her love into the rose petal sauce so Pedro can feel her adoration. I'm not sure if Tita is even at fault. She has to cook for her family, and cooking is her only opportunity to feel free and unrestricted, I don't think she can help that these powers were given to her.
ReplyDeleteYes Tita's actions were completely accetable. Her sister was the one who did something inapproptiate. How could Rosaura marry the man who Tita was in love with and not even feel bad about it? That was so low of her. Tita was betrayed by her sister and did not do anything nearly as bad as Rosaura. If Tita never knew Pedro her sister would have never married him. Rosaura shouldn't have done it in the first place.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Tita's sister and Pedro should have never got married but it is part of their tradition. Tita just couldn't control her feelings towards Pedro because she was falling in love with him. Though she should have told her sister about what was going on with them before they got married so it wouldn't have got so ugly between the family. You can't blame Tita for loving Pedro though.
ReplyDeleteI believe Tita's actions were acceptable in someway. She cooks with passion and works diligently in the kitchen. Magical realism is portrayed during the wedding. The night before her tears were mixed in with the cake batter. The following day, the people who ate the dessert started to tear up. So its obivious that the emotions Tita feels, affects others but in a magical realistic way. However, Tita is a person who is not strong and bold. She deliberately lets things flow and pass by. She isn't the type of person who would stand up for herself especially when it comes to her mother.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Tita's actions were acceptable. She, unlike her sister, loved Pedro. If not for her domineering mother, Pedro would have married her. Not only this, but her sister was aware of how she and Pedro felt about each other and should not have come between them so easily. In this way, I believe that Tita's actions were justified. Yet at the same time, Pedro should not have married Rosaura and should have found another way to stay near Tita.
ReplyDeleteI also think that Tita's actions were acceptable. Although she was told that she would not be able to marry until her mother died, this could not stop her from falling in love. Tita had to continue the tradition. I also do not think that Pedro had to marry Rosaura. It was wrong of her sister to agree to marry him when she knew about Tita's feelings for him. That act was not justified at all.
ReplyDelete