El sentido del gusto como símbolo de comunicación e introversión en Laura Esquivel: Como agua para chocolate

Abstract

Like Water for Chocolate is a novel in which the protagonist, Tita, is in love with Pedro. Tita will see Pedro marry her sister Rosaura, since she looks after her mother, as is dictated by tradition. This same tradition impedes the open expression of Tita´s feelings, which Tita channels into her passion for food and cooking. This is, then, the hypothesis of my work: to show that the sense of taste can have symbolic meaning and communicate more than can be said in words or deeds, but also be a refuge through the memory of taste.