Tita

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fictional character literary character

Tita is the passionate, emotionally expressive protagonist of Laura Esquivel’s novel "Like Water for Chocolate," whose cooking magically transmits her feelings to those who eat her food.

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Surface form Occurrences
Tita in Like Water for Chocolate 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
adaptedIn 1992 film Like Water for Chocolate NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsIn Like Water for Chocolate NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsInMedium novel ⓘ
associatedWith Mexican cuisine ⓘ
magical realism ⓘ
communicatesThrough food ⓘ
createdBy Laura Esquivel NERFINISHED ⓘ
emotionallyAffectedBy Pedro’s marriage to Rosaura ⓘ
emotionTransmissionMedium dishes she cooks ⓘ
familyRole youngest daughter ⓘ
firstPublicationYearOfWork 1989 ⓘ
fullName Josefita de la Garza NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Tita NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAbility transmitting emotions through cooking ⓘ
hasThemeInWork family duty ⓘ
love ⓘ
power of food and emotion ⓘ
tradition versus freedom ⓘ
inLoveWith Pedro Muzquiz NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
literaryGenreOfWork magical realism ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
livesWith Mama Elena NERFINISHED ⓘ
magicType culinary magic ⓘ
mother Mama Elena NERFINISHED ⓘ
narratedBy great-niece (unnamed narrator in the novel) ⓘ
nationality Mexican ⓘ
notableCharacteristic emotionally expressive ⓘ
passionate ⓘ
notableWork quail in rose petal sauce ⓘ
wedding cake that causes guests to weep ⓘ
occupation cook ⓘ
portrayedBy Lumi Cavazos NERFINISHED ⓘ
protagonistOf Like Water for Chocolate NERFINISHED ⓘ
setIn Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
sister Gertrudis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rosaura NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectTo family tradition that youngest daughter must remain unmarried to care for mother ⓘ
symbolizes repressed female desire ⓘ
resistance to oppressive tradition ⓘ

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Dr. John Brown → supportsCharacter → Tita ⓘ
Dr. John Brown → loveInterestOf → Tita ⓘ
Tita De la Garza → givenName → Tita ⓘ
Lumi Cavazos → hasRole → Tita ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tita in Like Water for Chocolate