![]() ![]() ![]() Pedro marries Tita's oldest sister, Rosaura, instead, but declares to his father that he has only married Rosaura to remain close to Tita. Because Tita is the youngest daughter she is forbidden by a family tradition upheld by her tyrannical mother, Mama Elena, to marry. Tita's love, Pedro Múzquiz, comes to the family's ranch to ask for Tita's hand in marriage. The details of additional secondary recipes are woven throughout the narrative. ![]() ![]() The structure of Like Water For Chocolate is wholly dependent on these recipes, as the main episodes of each chapter generally involve the preparation or consumption of the dishes that these recipes yield. Each installment features a recipe to begin each chapter. Through twelve chapters, each marked as a "monthly installment" and thus labeled with the months of the year, we learn of Tita's struggle to pursue true love and claim her independence. In a style that is epic in scope yet intensely personal in focus, Laura Esquivel's Like Water For Chocolate tells the story of Tita de la Garza, the youngest daughter in a family living in Mexico at the turn of the twentieth century. Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow. ![]()
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