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Summary: Like water for chocolate
Review: I am a senior at Narbonne High School (NHS) I'm not really into reading books. Knowing that i had to read it to receive my grade i actually got hooked on this book. As the chapters went on continuosly talking about food and love affairs, the book seemed to be very interesting. the main subject about the book is about a couple that really loved each other but couldnt continue or get a relationship started becasue of a family tradiiton. During the time that the couple couldnt be together the girl expressed her feelings in the food that she cooked. the story goes on with realisim about a couple and their problems but through it all they had to go through many obstacles to.... I think that Laura Esquivel did a spectacular job on illustrating how love can surely be mixed with food. the book was a very, very good book and i would really look forward to read other books from Laura Esquivel.
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Summary: World Literature
Review: I am a senior at Narbonne High School. As a senior it is required for me and other students to often read books. We often read different types of books even books that i sometimes have no interest for. I enjoy reading. In this case i found that Like water for chocolate is a very interesting book. I think that Laura Esquivel did a great job when writting this book because she uses a lot of symbolism and a mixture of fantasy. Laura uses many things in Mexican tradition to put this book together. For example, the author reviews this story with two lovers that couldint be together because of their family tradition. When this couple is trying to communicate the girl in this case uses recipes to express her love to the love of her life. Their love increased throughout the book. But in order for you to find out if this couple has the opportunity to love each other freely without the family tradition coming between them then you would have to read this book, also you will enjoy the delicious recipies. So read this book and find out what really does happend. From my point of view this book is a 5 star winner.
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Summary: Like Water FOr Chocolate
Review: My name is Maria Zaragoza; I'm a senior at Narbonne High School. As seniors we are asked to read a variety of books that we might not like though we have to read regardless of our thoughts. And so we read them. But this time there was a book I really much enjoyed reading, because it was about a Mexican love story. Laura Esquibel is the author of the great novel Like Water for Chocolate; on witch a great deal of symbolism takes place. With a mixture of fantasy and realism the author brings to us a story of somebody living a frustrated love. By combining traditional Mexican plates and a senseless family tradition. The author reviews the story or two lovers that due to a family tradition aren't free to express their endless love. Trying to fine a way to communicate with each other they find it on the least expected thing, food. On which the passion and heat that burns them inside is relished secretly and silently. Thought, in a very awkward way. Which gives them pleasure and happiness. As you wonder were this frustrated love will end the passion that is felt by the characters increases giving you a sense as though it was you who feels the passion and love. Taking you to another dimension the author describes who is more important to the characters themselves and /or their family. Will the two main characters ever be given the opportunity to love each other freely and not behind close doors? Come and find out by reading this great novel, which I rate as a perfect five star winner.
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Summary: Laura Esquivel Review:
Review: ... The book that I am going to write about is a book that I liked a lot and is call Like Water for Chocolate written by Laura Esquivel. I liked this book because it is entertaining it is a lot of fun when there is nothing to do, it has a lot of Magic, love, sex, war, and the sweep of Mexican history that belongs to women.
This is why I like this book, for example Tita when she was on her mother's belly as Tita emerged and a great tide of tears that spilled over the edge of the table and flooded the kitchen floor a few minutes the water dried up there was salt left. This is another reason why I like this book. Is when Pedro gave Tita roses that were pink and Mama Elena told Tita to throw the roses away, something or some one told Tita told her to put it on to her recipe so Tita press the roses to her breast and blood came out because she pocket her self and the roses torn red because of blood, Tita put her roses torn red because of the blood, Tita put her roses in her recipe that was Quail in Rose Petal Sauce when Tita finish cooking, she surfs the food when every body finish eating their meal they felt sad, because Tita's love for Pedro when with the roses.
Another reason why is when Gertrudis was taking a shower with cold water and her nephew would pop up and hit will come out of her body and the water will start to get hot and the little house she was taking a shower cot on fire because of the love she was taking out for the Guererroor soldier.
I think that this book or story is about Laura Esquivel life or this story is relate to her life story, so I rate this book giving it 5 stars and it is a good book I recommend this book to every body. ...
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Summary: LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE
Review: Like Water for Chocolate was a very interesting book. The main character in the book, Tita, always had some sort of drama in her life. There was always drama within her family. It either had to do with her mother, her sister, or her brother in law. The drama within their lives is what kept me wanting to read on. Tita also struggled with her love life. She wanted someone that she couldn't be with because her mother didn't approve of the relationship. Her mother's disapproval only made her want to be with him even more. I thought that the mother was one of the meanest mother's ever. She treated Tita as if she was not even her daughter. Just another maid or something. I don't even think that Tita liked her mother because of the cruel things she would say. Tita's other sister, Gertrudis also disliked Mama Elena. She disliked her enough to run away with a man. A man that she didn't even know. A complete stranger that came on horseback and just took her away. This book was one of the best books I've read in a while. The structure of the book was easy to understand and the chapters were broken down into months. The time span of the book was within a couple of years so you didn't really have to remember many things to really understand it. The story line was understandable and I wouldn't change anything in the book. Everything in the book seems to fit. There were some sad moments in this book, but all in all it was very good. I strongly recommend you read this book, especially if you like reading romantic stories. This was one book that I really enjoyed and I hope that you enjoy it too. Enjoy!
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Summary: not bad for a required reading book...
Review: I am a high school student and was required to read this book as a class assignment. I found that the way the chapters were separated, by months, was extremely interesting because there was a new recipe every month and it perfectly tied together the entire story. After reading the first couple of chapters I was a bit confused about who Tita was and how she fitted into the family. The magical realism throughout the book makes you think to yourself, "did that really happen," or is Tita exaggerating. I found that this was the best part of the book. There were examples of this at least twice during each chapter. For example, Tita had tried to regain warmth because she had lost the ability to share her life with the man she loved. She quilted a quilt to try to regain this warmth and sense of security, but the quilt ended up being just a gigantic quilt. Because Tita was the youngest daughter in the family, it was her responsibility to keep her mother company and tend to her in her in her old age. This is why she and the man she loved couldn't be together. Not being of any Spanish back round at all, this story brought a lot of their traditions to light, not only for me, but for all non-Hispanics in my class as well. After reading the book, we watched the movie, which made my understanding much clearer. I suggest that people read this book twice to catch all the interesting detail that Laura Esquirel puts in each recipe and chapter. The movie was great and I recommend it to you only after you have read the book.
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Summary: Like Water for Chocolate
Review: ...I truly believe that Laura Esquivel showed of her precious talent when writing this book. The book is written very clear and understandable. It got my attention from the cover of the book to last line for the text. Like Water for Chocolate. is based on a love story that is told while mixing in some delicious mouth watering recipes. What shocked me from the beginning was the control and the power that Mama Elena had towards Tita, the main Character. The magical realism is what inspired the most. It was an impossible love to be, Tita was in love with Pedro and Mama Elena had that idea of Tita watching after her until she would die. I was not the only one who was into the book. Most of my friends liked it as well as I did. It is very interesting to find out about different time frames and traditions. Although it was a fiction book the tradition of taking care of Mama Elena until he died was every interesting. For that reason Tita was destined to live a frustrated love. It is amazing how Tita and Pedro always managed to stay in love with each other even while having all those boundaries. The way Tita suffered was well paid ofat the end because she finally got the be with the man of her dreams. This is a really good book for all of those who like food, romance and Magical realism. I truly recommend you this book if you want to go into a journey that will take you into felling the sensation of the impossible love that Tita and Pedro share together.
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Summary: Thoughts about my life
Review: The book that I read is Like Water for Chocolate. I liked this book a lot
Because it made me feel that I was in the book, make me an American, and its part of America's literary memory. It was about romance, a Mexican cookbook, and home-remedy handbook all rolled into one. Especially the part I liked the most was of Mexican people got to work for them and helped each other out. It was a Mexican history that belongs to women. In every chapter of this book have recipes how to cook every month. Different recipes like how to cook the Christmas Rolls, Chabela Wedding Cake, Quail in Rose petal Sauce, Turkey Mole with Almonds and Sesame Seeds, Northern-style Chorizo, and a lot of different recipes of the rest of the month's. I rate this book 5 stars because it's a very truly story can happen in real life and really can help me out. And learn a lot of different things in life and be a good worker
My thoughts are not that easy in this life, we need to be working and get an education, so we can be somebody in live, that was about the time I initially read
Actually, I read this book in class. I was able to find ideas and content of the book I could not find in the library I went. So, I went in the internet and I find a lot of information about the book and different one's too.
This book is about how people can be independent and can survive by working really hard and helping each other.
This thoughts I have in my mind about the book is why all the time the Mexican book I read is Always Running it was about gang related, drugs, sex, killing people with no fear. The book Like Water for Chocolate it was almost the same thing of the other book. The book gave me a lot of advised in ideas it just remind s me how my grandma was when she was in Mexico, my mom's mom she died ten years ago when I was ten years old that was a long time ago, but I still remember when she used to cook for me and my little brother, I used to help her to cook, ...
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Summary: A Mystical, Unique, and Steamy Love Story
Review: "Like Water for Chocolate" is one if not the most enjoyable books I have ever read. The story is about a passionate woman named Tita De La Garza torn between the forbidden love of her life and the orders of her mother. The book goes through Tita's struggles to gain independence from her tyrannical mother's traditions to be with her one and only Pedro, the love of her life while, complementing her expertise in the kitchen. Making dishes that enchants both the people who eat it and the readers. This is all made possible by the "magical realisms" that Laura Esquivel used to capture her readers. A truly delightful story of love from the monthly installments of recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies that everybody can relate to. I am really not much of a reader, in fact I probably would not have read this book if it was not required for a class. That is why I highly rate this book because it certainly caught my attention. Yes, I read the book for a class but I surely do not regret it. When I started reading this love story, I was quite surprised by the writer's unique manner of writing. I have not encountered the style in which Laura Esquivel uses in her book. I am talking about the "magical realism" that Esquivel added to make the story more interesting. This magical realism, although not popular for many authors, makes the book more pleasurable to read and gives out a more vivid imagination for the readers to experience, or at least that is what it did for me. Also, the book could be used as a recipe book or a cookbook for there are many different dishes that are accurately featured in the story. Complete with the recipes and how to cook it. If you are a person that prefers romantic love stories like myself, I think that this is the book for you.
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Summary: Romace That Awakens Your Senses
Review: Like Water For Chocolate is an attention grabbing book written by, Laura Esquivel. This story is about a girl by the name of Tita who was born into a family only to be denied and deprived of her true love Pedro, due to a family tradition that requires her to take care of her mother until she dies. She communicates to her love who has just married her sister to get nearer to Tita, through the many dishes she prepares. It is a language that only both of them can truly understand and the only time they have to be near each other. This book uses magical realism to describe the many events throughout the story. Like Water For Chocolate awakens your senses and makes your mouth water with hunger with each recipe that is included in the book. This is a very well written book and with the magical realism used throughout the book it makes you truly understand and feel as though you are there with the characters through there many incidents and events that occur throughout their lives. I truly enjoyed this book and could not put it down for a moment. I know you will not be able to either.
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