Like Water For Chocolate Feminism
As tiny children, we were taught to read. Our teachers introduced us to new books everyday. Some books were about astronauts, some were about politicians, and some were about engineers. All of those books that our teachers introduced us to had something in common, they all depicted men as astronauts, lawyers, engineers, and much more, while women were depicted as princesses or housewives. Laura Esquivel worked to change this lens through her feminist novel Like Water For Chocolate. Feminism is the belief that all women should be allowed the same opportunities, power, and rights as men. They should be treated the same, and should not face discrimination or disadvanetage based on their gender. Like Water For Chocolate is shown to be a feminist
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This quote shows that Gertrudis is corageous for two reasons. First, Gertrudis leaves her family and runs away with a man without knowing where she will end up at or what will happen, and Secondly because she runs away from her oppressive mother who she is scared of, which takes a lot of courage seeing that her mother is t he perso2wn who gave her life. Another quotation that shows that Gertrudis is courageous is “ The next week, Gertrudis was working in a brothel on the border” ( Esquivel 58). This quotation also shows that Gertrudis is a courageous woman because although it may have seemed scary to her at first, she had to go to the brothel to find out who she really was, what she needed, and to help her grow. This is shown in the quote “I ended up here because I felt an intense fire inside; the man who picked me up in the field in effect saved my life . I hope that I meet him again someday. He left because I had exhausted his strength, though he hadn’t managed to quench the fire inside of me” (Esquivel 126). The second reason why Gertrudis is a feminist character who supports the fact that Like Water For Chocolate is a feminist novel is because Gertrudis over comes many stereotypes, an example of this is in the quote “ She could see that the person in charge was none other than her sister Gertrudis” ( Esquivel 177).
Tita is also a feminist character who supports the fact that Like Water For Chocolate is a feminist novel because Tita breaks traditionsn an example of this is in the quote “Tita who was
This quote shows that Gertrudis is corageous for two reasons. First, Gertrudis leaves her family and runs away with a man without knowing where she will end up at or what will happen, and Secondly because she runs away from her oppressive mother who she is scared of, which takes a lot of courage seeing that her mother is t he perso2wn who gave her life. Another quotation that shows that Gertrudis is courageous is “ The next week, Gertrudis was working in a brothel on the border” ( Esquivel 58). This quotation also shows that Gertrudis is a courageous woman because although it may have seemed scary to her at first, she had to go to the brothel to find out who she really was, what she needed, and to help her grow. This is shown in the quote “I ended up here because I felt an intense fire inside; the man who picked me up in the field in effect saved my life . I hope that I meet him again someday. He left because I had exhausted his strength, though he hadn’t managed to quench the fire inside of me” (Esquivel 126). The second reason why Gertrudis is a feminist character who supports the fact that Like Water For Chocolate is a feminist novel is because Gertrudis over comes many stereotypes, an example of this is in the quote “ She could see that the person in charge was none other than her sister Gertrudis” ( Esquivel 177).
Tita is also a feminist character who supports the fact that Like Water For Chocolate is a feminist novel because Tita breaks traditionsn an example of this is in the quote “Tita who was