Like Water For Chocolate Themes

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In the film Like Water for Chocolate the themes that are found are love, hope, obedience, pride, determination, fantasy, passion, responsibility, power and tradition. The topics that are found in the film are love, maturity, and rebellion. One motif that is frequently found is food. This motif is not only repeated multiple times but, it helps define the characters and represent who they are. Food is a symbolism for example we see this through Tita’s rebellious nature and it expresses love. We can interpret Tita’s emotion from the the food she makes such as, the scene when Pedro gives flowers to Tita. She uses them as an ingredient in the dinner course and the emotions she felt when receiving the flowers in reflected in everyone’s reaction

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