Compare And Contrast Tita And Mama Elena In Like Water For Chocolate

Like Water for Chocolate A real parent is the one who puts their kids before their own selfish needs. In Like Water for Chocolate we can see the complexities of parental relationships, as the story is most about how two women, Tita and her mother Elena, struggle to get along. Tita, the protagonist, all she strives for is her freedom and love, and Mama Elena, the antagonist, is against the fulfillment of Tita’s goals. This mother-daughter relationship was affected by the death of Tita’s father when she was born and since then Mama Elena hasn’t form any bond with her daughter. Responsibility and selfishness are the main reasons why Tita and Mama Elena don’t get along. Both of them share a characteristic that shows their conflicts with each other. Mama Elena herself suffered from the lost of her husband which is an important fact to Tita’s deprivation. The reaction of each of them to their needs define their differing characters. Moreover, Mama Elena lets the lost of love turn her into a demanding and selfish mother, as she wants Tita to take care of her till the day she dies without having freedom to love,“If he intends to ask for your hand, tell him not to bother. He’ll …show more content…
Mama Elena decides that Tita should be the one to take responsibility for the meals on the house, which leaves her with less time for anything else. In addition, Tita’s mother wants to make her struggle and suffer in any possible way, she forces Tita to bake the cake for Rosaura’s wedding with Pedro, which she knows is a horrible feeling for Tita and it will break her heart. “I won’t stand for disobedience,” Mama Elena told her, “nor am I going to allow you to ruin your sister’s wedding, with you acting like a victim” (Esquirel 27), those responsibilities related to the wedding are acts of cruelty as it gives Tita pain for losing the love of her