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    Literature Companion: Like Water for Chocolate
    Literature Companion: Like Water for Chocolate
    Literature Companion: Like Water for Chocolate
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    Literature Companion: Like Water for Chocolate

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    The story of the novel revolves around a young girl named Tita. Pedro is her lover, but she continues to long her entire life to marry him. Unfortunately, they are never married because Tita’s mother upholds the family tradition of the youngest daughter not marrying but taking care of her mother until the mother passes away. Tita remains unmarried, taking care of her mother. While cooking, she is able to express what she feels.

    Magical realism has been very effectively employed by the author to combine the ordinary with the supernatural.

    Literature Companion: Like Water for Chocolate
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    Chapter One: Introduction
    Chapter Two: Plot Overview
    Chapter Three: Characters
    Chapter Four: Complete Summary
    Chapter Five: Critical Analysis

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRaja Sharma
    Release dateJul 16, 2014
    ISBN9781310870859
    Literature Companion: Like Water for Chocolate

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      Literature Companion - History World

      Literature Companion: Like Water for Chocolate

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      Literature Companion: Like Water for Chocolate

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      Chapter One: Introduction

      Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel was first published in 1998. The Spanish title of the novel is Como Agua Para Chocolate.

      It was the first novel by Laura Esquivel. The book was first published in Spanish and then it was translated into other languages. It is a very popular and interesting novel.

      The story of the novel revolves around a young girl named Tita. Pedro is her lover, but she continues to long her entire life to marry him. Unfortunately, they are never married because Tita’s mother upholds the family tradition of the youngest daughter not marrying but taking care of her mother until the mother passes away. Tita remains unmarried, taking care of her mother. While cooking, she is able to express what she feels.

      Magical realism has been very effectively employed by the author to combine the ordinary with the supernatural.

      The story basically focuses on female characters. Magical realism happens to be a literary style that incorporates fantasy, myth, and supernatural themes into an otherwise realistic plot and setting.

      The story very impressively acquaints the reader with certain traditions and culture prevalent in the North America.

      Chapter Two: Plot Overview

      The book has a unique structure. It is divided in 12 sections. Each section is named after a month of the year. It begins with the chapter ‘January.’

      There is a Mexican recipe at the beginning of each section. There is an outline of the preparation of the dish and it is related to a particular event in the life of the protagonist of the novel.

      Tita de la Garza is the central character and the protagonist of the novel. At the beginning of the story, she happens to be fifteen years old. Tita lives with her mother Mama Elena, and her older sisters Gertrudis and Rosaura. Their ranch where they live is situated near Mexico-U. S. border.

      Pedro is another main protagonist of the novel. He is a neighbor. Tita falls in love with him. It is a love at first sight.

      Pedro is fit to be the husband of Tita and he asks Mama Elena for Tita’s hand in marriage, but Mama Elena refuses. She explains that there is a tradition in the De la Garza family that the youngest daughter can not marry until her mother is dead. She must remain unmarried to take care of her mother. Mama Elena says that she can’t go against this tradition.

      Mama Elena tells Pedro to marry Tita’s sister, Rosaura. Since Pedro is in love with Tita and he wants to be close to her, he follows Mama Elena’s advice and agrees to marry Rosaura.

      Tita like cooking food and she has a kind of love of kitchen. She maintains her deep connection with food. Her love for food and kitchen developed because she was brought up by the family cook, Nacha. Secondly, she was born in the kitchen.

      Since Nacha was

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