Like Water For Chocolate

After reading some of the book one thing that really stuck out to me was that the youngest child was not allowed to get married because she would have to talk care of the mother until she got old and passed away. In this case Tita is the youngest daughter and because of the family ritual/tradition she is forbidden to get married. Tita already being in love with Pedro, this news has to be unbearable to think of. Imagine having so much love for a man and the only thing that stands between the two is a family tradition. Not only being unable to marry the man, but come to find out he is now marrying your sister, must be heart breaking as Tita's emotions show in the book. Pedro's assumptions of marrying her sister to be closer to Tita may be considerate in his mind, but I feel this is only putting Tita through more pain. If he had so much love for her, wouldn't he refuse to marry anyone else and stay true to Tita?

After reading more Tita is right with her thinking. Who will take care of her when she gets old, and has no children? What will she do? These questions are very realistic and I cannot even imagine how this would feel if my mother refused to let me get married.