In order to avoid undeniable consequences, Tita’s mother sends her to asylum where Tita meets Dr Brown who falls in love with her. This event is a watershed of the novel resulted in deep psychological trauma for Tita.
In a while, the family receives bad news that Roberto has died. Although, her mother thinks that these relations can ruin her sister’s marriage and sends Rosaura to San Antonio. Tita treats her nephew as a son and takes much care about him. In a time, Rosaura gives birth to a child, Roberto. To be closer to Tita, Pedro marries her sister Rosaura. She falls in love with Pedro, but her mother does not approve this marriage because Tita is the youngest daughter and according to family traditions she cannot marry a man till her elder sister will find a spouse. Tita De La Garza is the protagonist of the novel who fights for freedom and independence from her mother. From the very beginning, Laura Esquivel examines emotional and sexual forces, physical and spiritual needs and creates outstanding characters. The author analyses the role and importance of magical realism and political allegory as the core of the novel. The author of the review skillfully perceives true reality of the novel and its structure.
For instance, the petals of a rose symbolize love, and when Gertrudis tastes the dish with the petals of a rose she falls in love with revolutionary soldier.
Probably, these extraordinary devices help the author to underline the important of food in our life and close relations between food and memories. In every chapter, one of the episodes depicts the preparation of the dishes. Another peculiarity of this novel is that every chapter contains a receipt and, plot development is dependent on these recipes. The January begins with a story about Tita: “when she was only two days old, Tita’s father dies because of a heart attack” (Esquivel, 1994). 12 months and four seasons is a life cycle which every person runs through. For instance, spring symbolizes love with Pedro, summer means adult life and maturity while autumn implies wisdom. Twelve months represent four seasons which correspond with life experience of the main character, Tita De La Garza. It is possible to say that this structure is a symbolic one aimed to attract readers’ attention to specific message of the book.
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