The Role of Gender In Like Water for Chocolate and The...

Gender plays a significant role in family and societal traditions. Some families place such a large importance on that role that it is impossible for a person to achieve his or her goals or live his or her life. Society binds people to strict standards that are difficult to avoid. In Laura Esquivels Like Water for Chocolate, Tita is forced to follow the tradition of her family. She cannot marry and is doomed to serve her mother for the rest of her life. Her two sisters, Rosaura and Gertrudis, are also effected by this tradition, but in different ways. James Joyces collection of short stories, The Dubliners, deals with the issues of common residents of Dublin. Polly, in the short story The Boarding House, is trapped in the†¦show more content†¦Mama Elena refuses and offers her eldest daughter instead, confirming another tradition- that the oldest daughter must marry first. Pedro accepts so he can be close to Tita. While preparing for the wedding, Tita focuses on the white cake and the white icing. The white wedding cake symbolizes her hopeless love and the impure marriage that is about to take place. White relates to Titas virginity, which she can never escape. The color also represents the typical ideals of womanhood and femininity which Tita can never experience because she is bound to tradition. At Pedro and Rosauras wedding, guests stare at Tita, aware that she has broken the family tradition by falling in love. She is harassed by their comments but she remains strong. The cake, effected by Titas tears, poisons the guests and ruins the wedding. Rosauras perfect white dress is ruined, exposing the impurity of the union. Only when Mama Elena dies, Tita is free to marry. She is engaged to John but decides not to marry him because she believes she is pregnant with Pedros child. Her love for Pedro is too strong for her to marry another man. Even though she is free to marry someone she loves she doesnt; Tita chooses to once again cros s the boundaries of society and has an affair with Pedro. Once again through death Tita is freed. When Rosaura dies, Pedro and Tita are free to show their love. However, theirShow MoreRelatedEssay about Travel Agency Feasibility Study8839 Words   |  36 Pages_________________ _________________ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The researchers would like to express their profound gratitude to the following people for their invaluable contribution that helped in the completion of this study: We express our warm thanks to our dear parents Mr.amp; Mrs. Mariano, Mr. amp; Mrs. Martin, husband and children for their support, guidance, love and inspiration. We would also like to thank our adviser Ms. Lilybeth Puno for her constant reminders, unconditional kindRead MoreManaging Information Technology (7th Edition)239873 Words   |  960 PagesCONTENTS: CASE STUDIES CASE STUDY 1 Midsouth Chamber of Commerce (A): The Role of the Operating Manager in Information Systems CASE STUDY I-1 IMT Custom Machine Company, Inc.: Selection of an Information Technology Platform CASE STUDY I-2 VoIP2.biz, Inc.: Deciding on the Next Steps for a VoIP Supplier CASE STUDY I-3 The VoIP Adoption at Butler University CASE STUDY I-4 Supporting Mobile Health Clinics: The Children’s Health Fund of New York City CASE STUDY I-5 Read MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 PagesComprehensive Cases Indexes Glindex 637 663 616 623 Contents Preface xxii 1 1 Introduction What Is Organizational Behavior? 3 The Importance of Interpersonal Skills 4 What Managers Do 5 Management Functions 6 †¢ Management Roles 6 †¢ Management Skills 8 †¢ Effective versus Successful Managerial Activities 8 †¢ A Review of the Manager’s Job 9 Enter Organizational Behavior 10 Complementing Intuition with Systematic Study 11 Disciplines That Contribute to the OB Field 13 Psychology