Gertrudis In Like Water For Chocolate Essay

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Ertrudis is the second child of Mama Elena, born out of wedlock. In the novel Like Water for Chocolate she is depicted as the exact opposite of Mama Elena: young, rebellious, passionate, and free. As the second child of Mama Elena, Gertrudis was not bound to the traditional family. Roles such as the eldest child being responsible for the home and their siblings, or the youngest child having to take care of their parents once they are old. Yet Gertudis still had to obey traditional etiquette, which was often restrictive at the time and written by male figures. As shown through Tita's distress,“ Damn good manners! Damn, Carreno’s etiquette manual! He should be punished”(Like Water for Chocolate, page 58). A man wrote the etiquette they followed
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