![]() By keeping alive the recipes, the future generations of De la Garzas are able to remember and honor their ancestors. The cooking tradition is passed along from Nacha to Tita and later to Esperanza’s daughter. The De la Garza family comes with its own set of traditions, which are both favorable and inhibiting. Like Water for Chocolate focuses almost exclusively on the legacy of one family, the De la Garzas. They are the physical manifestation of her emotional catharsis. Tita’s tears often cause flooding, as on the day of her birth and on the day Chencha brings ox-tail soup to end Tita’s days of silence. ![]() While cooking with Nacha, Tita realizes that her tears come not only from sadness but also appear when she is deeply moved. ![]() Thereafter, tears reemerge in the novel as symbols of Tita’s deep emotional connections. Tita’s onion-induced crying brings her into the world prematurely. ![]()
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