Like Water For Chocolate Literary Analysis

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There are many moments in life that are symbolic. The kind gestures one does to their significant other. That person is flabbergasted with a sensation of butterflies inside of oneself. One cannot get over that feeling, or the moment when they receive a gift from that person. The item then reminds them of the love of their life, but then later those feelings and moments end. There is a sudden numbness one feels when their love of their life cant continue to date due to a conflict. One suddenly feels lost and cold with nothing to do. In the novel entitled, Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquirel Tita has to watch Pedro who is the love of her life marry her sister Rosura. Titas mother Mama Elen is against her marrying anyone since Tita is the …show more content…

“Hearing Chencha’s story confirmed, Tita felt her body fill with a wintry chill: in one sharp, quick blast she was so cold and dry her cheeks burned and turned red, red as the apples beside her.” (Esquivel 14). In this part of the story Tita not only feels cold but hot. Tita first felt a chill and then suddenly her cheeks started to have a burning sensation. This sudden change of temperature means that Tita’s feelings change when she heard the truth about Pedro. The news leaves her surprised which is the cold sensation she had. Then she started to feel happiness and that’s when she had the burning sensation. The impact of the news leaves Tita happy. This is expressed in the color of her cheeks. Another example that shoes the thermal sensation that Tita has when she locks eyes with Pedro in the kitchen. “The heat that invaded her body was so real she was afraid she would start to bubble her face, her stomach, her breast, her heart like batter´ (Esquivel 16). This illustrates the sexual awakening of Tita when Pedro starts looking at her. Her lust is expressed in the unusual heat that her body is experimenting. This passage relates to the concept of Hot, because she describes her body as almost

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