The Significance Of Food In "Like Water For Chocolate"
Beginning of paper
Food equals memory and memory equals immortality. In the recipes we pass
down from generation to generation, in the food of our mothers, we reawaken the
past, make the present more real, perhaps capture a bit of the future. Food is
about history, with handed down recipes such as in Like Water for ....
Middle of paper
.... more hilarious sequences surround a pair of
banquets. Each of these scenes has a meaning beyond the obvious, however. Food
is equated with life and excitement, two subjects into which this story pursues.
Sex, food and magic are mixed in sparingly in the story, which revolves about
Tita, third daughter of a Elena.
The time is the early 1900's and the Mexican Revolution is raging, but
in the kitchen of the family ranch, the emphasis is on cooking. The family
servant, Nacha, Tita's surrogat ....
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Word count: 690
Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
