Tita is the youngest child born to aristocrats, whom was raised and nurtured by the family cook. At fifteen years young, she has had more than her fair share of heartache and …show more content…
“Washing into this world on a tidal wave of tears.” Tita’s life will continue to be a tsunami of emotions that may eventually take her out to sea with no lifeline. Tita has been denied the love and passion she feels for her neighbor, Pedro, by Mama Elena and her traditions. As tradition goes, the youngest of the children is compelled to care for her mother until she dies. This tradition forces Tita to find other ways for her oppressed emotions to emerge. The birth of her nephew, Roberto, reignites her passion for life and love, however, she was forced to suppress this passion because of Mama Elena’s traditions. Tradition is number one killer of broken relationships between mothers and daughters. For decades upon decades, daughters have been forced to endure the repetition of following someone else’s dreams other than her own, the semantics go back in the name of tradition. You are never allowed to pursue your own dreams or fulfill your own destiny, you see the tree of forbidden fruit but you are never able to taste it;