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| Quale in Rose Petal Sauce as described in Chapter 3 |
The next 50 pages of this book are absolutely bizarre but in
almost a romantic way.
Her lover, Pedro, ends up marrying her sister despite the fact that they both are in love with each other. In this chapter, she’s making a dish out of rose petals, which I believe are symbolic for her love to him. After receiving the flowers from Pedro, Tita doesn’t want to throw them out because they were so beautiful. She clutches them so hard to her chest that blood begins to appear from the thorns. Her other sister, Gertrudis, ends up running away with a soldier from the war. They meet by him following her sent, he finds her, swoops her up naked and takes her away.
I thought this part of the book was incredibly random, but somewhat beautiful in way. Tita’s mentor, Nacha, the ranch’s head cook, dies also, which kind of surprised me, because at first I thought she was poisioned by her wicked mother who forbids Tita from seeing or having a relationship with Pedro.
Her lover, Pedro, ends up marrying her sister despite the fact that they both are in love with each other. In this chapter, she’s making a dish out of rose petals, which I believe are symbolic for her love to him. After receiving the flowers from Pedro, Tita doesn’t want to throw them out because they were so beautiful. She clutches them so hard to her chest that blood begins to appear from the thorns. Her other sister, Gertrudis, ends up running away with a soldier from the war. They meet by him following her sent, he finds her, swoops her up naked and takes her away.
I thought this part of the book was incredibly random, but somewhat beautiful in way. Tita’s mentor, Nacha, the ranch’s head cook, dies also, which kind of surprised me, because at first I thought she was poisioned by her wicked mother who forbids Tita from seeing or having a relationship with Pedro.
As I said earlier, each chapter shows us a recipe for a certain dish.
I found a link for the dish that was described in Chapter 1.
I’m finding myself really intrigued with the storyline. I know in class we had discussed how it’s common to use elements of the supernatural and fantasy in Mexican literature, and I actually kind of like it, despite my viewpoints on it being bizarre.
There’s also a huge correlation between sexuality and foodin this novel. For example, the roses symbolically represent the love between
Pedro and Tita. Instead of throwing them out, she makes a dish out of the
roses. The book even goes into depth about the sexual desires the two have for
each other, which, actually kind of caught me off guard at first, but it was
also interesting to read and to see this side of the characters.
For some odd reason, the sexual angst in the characters in this novel is something I can connect to one of my favorite films of all time, American Beauty (1999).
This scene in particular is what I think of.
For some odd reason, the sexual angst in the characters in this novel is something I can connect to one of my favorite films of all time, American Beauty (1999).
This scene in particular is what I think of.
It’s definitely starting to pick up in this novel!
The link you posted, about the connection between sexuality and food, is really interesting. I would never have thought about food this way.
ReplyDeletePoor Nacha! And I am still puzzled to why the sister got swept away naked!
ReplyDeleteI'm really intrigued in this idea of 'magical realism' because the magic seems to enhance or illustrate reality...which just sounds weird, but it seems to work.
ReplyDeleteThe first thing I think of is a soap opera the bold and beautiful. Your first paragraph is exactly what's happening on that show. Great link as well.
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