Cammy Reagan; Like Water Like Chocolate

This was a different film, however I did enjoy it. The themes that came to light for me were the fact family traditions were to be followed at any cost. They were unrealistic though. The fact that the last born daughter was bound to care for the mother until death was very unrealistic. I saw many things in this film that could be considered in the magic realism stance. When Tita was born and her mother was unable to nurse from her mother and had to be cared for "in the kitchen" by Nacha the family cook. Tita grew up in the kitchen and became very comfortable in that role. When she met Pedro and fell in love with him, her mother superco eded her wishes and told her that the tradition was to care for her until her death. Her mother decided that Pedro would marry Rosaura. Pedro agreed to marry her in order to be close to Tita, which in a strange kind of way was a little romantic in that if he could not have the one that he loved, he would marry the next best thing. Tita and Pedro met many obstacles along the path of their love story. Tita prepared the food for Rosaura and Pedro's wedding, then became the house cook. The magic realism also was seen when she made quail with rose petal sauce that was an aphrodisiac and Gertrudis took off to take a hot shower and was carried off with Juan Alejandrez in the nude. Dr. Brown met Tita when she cared for Rosaura when she helped with the delivery of her nephew, and then was consequently cared for by him after her nephew died and Tita needed help of her own. He fell in love with her and when she confessed to him that she had been with another man that he did not care what she had done, he would marry her anyway. Tita could not give up on the love that she had for Pedro and in the end after the death of her mother and sister, they were finally able to be together with no obstacles. They were finally together in love and in death. What a romantic ending.