In Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel shows the personality of a very complex young woman, Tita. One of the most apparent traits of Tita is her rebelliousness and strong-willed nature. One example, shown on pg. 2 in the last paragraph, is "when the [sausage] animals had to be taken apart to fry the sausage. Tita refused to do it (2)." These instances where she refused to allow the sausage animals to be broken apart reflects her strong-willed personality. Her rebelliousness also shines through in the fact tha

Also, in the February section on the first pages last paragraph, the author says, "She [Tita] felt like screaming, Yes, she was having problems... (1)" Usually people only scream when they are intense pain, physical or emotional, such as in this case, where Tita is emotionally torn. The anger she feels is bottled up inside and is released in the conclusion of February when the people feel her sorrow from the cake.

Although she is in the end unable to marry the man that she loves, Tita does realize that Pedro will love her forever and chose to marry her sister so that he may be closer to her. While not making everything perfect, it does give a sense of correctness and partial equality, a feeling that even one who is scorned may yet be able to regain their stature. Tita loses the man she loves in one fashion, in that she is unable to marry him, but in another way she knows that she is the only one he will ever love.

Finally, in the 2nd page's 1st paragraph from the February section, Esquivel tells us "In a frenzy Tit

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Approximate Word count = 690
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)