Like Water for Chocolate and Master Harold: Oppression
In the two novels, Master Harold...and the boys and the boys, and Like
Water for Chocolate, there are many symbolic similarities. In both books there
are acts where individuals strongly oppressed, or discriminated against.
Although the individuals are being oppressed for different reasons their
emotions are shattered deeply. In Athol Fugard's book Master Harold and the
boys, an older man is discriminated against by a younger child only because the
older man is black and the child is white. In Laura Esquivel's book Like water
for chocolate, a girl by the name of "Tita" is oppressed by her own mother
because of the soul reason of being the youngest child, therefore lying in her
destiny to serve her mother till death, and being unable to decide her own
destiny. However in both cases there are signs of rebellion, and protestation,
even though both novels do not end the same, both Sam and Tita get
their point across.
Hally is a young white boy living in Africa, it is safe to say that he
was raised by a black man by the name of Sam. Now Hally is starting to grow up
and he is noticing things which he did not notice when he was younger. He
realized that where he lives white people have certain rights over black people.
Hally owns a cafe and he has got two black men working for him, one of which is
Sam. Hally walks in one morning and finds Willie and Sam dancing, preparing for
a dance contest. "Hally- Think you stand a chance. Act your bloody age! (Hurls
the rag at Willie) Cut out the nonsense now and get on with your work. And you
too, Sam. Sop fooling around " (Athol Fugard, Master Harold and the boys 18).
Hally criticizes Sam by asking him sarcastically if he really thinks that he is
good enough to win a dancing contest. Hally screams at Willie and Sam for making
a mistake, this is ironic because Willie and Sam are in their forties while
Hally is not even a teenager yet. Hally has power over Sam and Willie because of
their difference in skin color.
Tita falls deeply in love with a man by the name of Pedro. Pedro asks
Tita to get married, she would love to marry Pedro but she knows that her
destiny is to take care of her mother till death. Tita will confront her mother
and ask her permission to marry the man he loves. "If he intends to ask for your
hand, t...
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... doing is wrong. "See what you've done now? You and Pedro
are Shameless. If you don't want blood to flow in this house, go where you can't
do any harm to anybody, before it's too late. The one who should be going is
you. I'm tired of your tormenting me. Leave me in peace once and for all. Once
and for all, leave me alone; I won't put up with you! I've always hated you!
Tita had said the magic words that would make Mama Elena disappear forever"(199).
(199). After all this time Tita finally stands up against her mother, and puts
her in her place. She chooses to fight back instead of just remaining quiet and
obeying her mom's orders.
Throughout the novels Like Water for Chocolate, and Mater Harold...and
the boys, Tita and Sam experience discrimination. The difference between them
were that after Sam protested, he was still treated the same, were as when Tita
rebelled, she was set free. The ad thing about all this is that, Sam's example
is what happens in the real world. Maybe people can learn from these novels and
stop discriminating people because they were born in class were they are
expected to do perform only certain roles in society, or obey certain people.
Eventually Macaria marries a well-to-do American, Sam Polk, and leaves behind the poverty and prostitution that once ruled their lives, but is never fully accepted by her peers into her new moneyed existence. Meanwhile Marcela grows into a beautiful, white-skinned, pale beauty. She is a ready conquest for any male, particularly those of darker descents like Tony, and a thorn in her mother’s side. Unfortunately Marcela’s whiteness draws sexual advances from the local male population and her mother blames her daughter for these interactions.
them” and “friend and enemies”, there are other texts in which correspond to the same ideas and can be utilized to further support the relevance oppression has to these particular concepts. To elaborate, another text also written by Octavia Butler entitled Wild Seed thoroughly supports the concept that “control” is regarded as the underlying issue to oppression. A clear reference to be made involves characters of both Kindred and Wild Seed. Within Wild Seed Doro abuses his control and utilizes his powers for selfish purposes as do the white men in Kindred. In both instances innocent people are harmed and abused without proper cause. Another inference to be made details that in each situation both Doro and the white men are referenced as the
The story begins with Titas birth prematurely when Mama Elena was chopping onions. Tita grows up with Nacha the most dominant figure in her life, and follows Mama Elenas routine of cooking, cleaning and sewing. At every incident she can, Mama Elena criticizes Tita and even beats her if she tries to speak up. One day Tita tells her mother that Pedro wants to come and ask for her hand, but according to the family tradition she cannot marry because she is the youngest daughter. Mama Elena tells Pedro he can marry Rosaura- one of her older daughters, and Pedro agrees to the arrangement just to be closer to his true love- Tita.
boys if they looked and if they didn't. The white men at once made the
... other," and "[make] mad passionate love wherever they happened to end up" (242). Unlike the first wedding, Tita too is infected with the powerful enchantment of the food. "For the first time in their lives, Tita and Pedro made love freely" (243). The novel ends with both Pedro and Tita, overcome with pleasure and emotion, dying in each other arms.
... through his beliefs. He is outspoken on his beliefs on race despite his racial background and experiences. His sister always reminds him of his current status and still Boy Willie refuses to settle with believing in less than what he believes he deserves.
To understand fully the implicit meaning and cultural challenges the film presents, a general knowledge of the film’s contents must be presented. The protagonist, Tita, suffers from typical Hispanic cultural oppression. The family rule, a common rule in this culture, was that the youngest daughter is to remain unwed for the duration of her mother’s life, and remain home to care for her. Mama Elena offers her daughter, Tita’s older sister Rosaura, to wed a man named Pedro, who is unknowingly in mutual love with Tita. Tita is forced to bake the cake for the wedding, which contains many tears that she cried during the process. Tita’s bitter tears cause all the wedding guests to become ill after consuming the cake, and Tita discovers she can influence others through her cooking. Throughout the film, Tita’s cooking plays an important role in all the events that transpire.
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