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"For one thing, she wanted to know who started this family tradition." (p11)
Tita would prefer a change in her family tradition that the youngest daughter cannot get married because she has to take care of her mother until the mother dies. She lists some very good reasons why she finds this tradition to be ridiculous, such as that if she doesn't have any children, who will take care of her when she gets old? and why is it the youngest daughter that should have to stay? Tita is not only questioning her family tradition, she also wants to change it, because she thinks it is so unfair that she won't get to be married. Reading this, I felt very frustrated for her because she was in love with someone who she could never marry, because of her family tradition. Even though I am not in the same situation as she is in, it was really difficult to read because she was so upset about it, and it was easy to sympathize with her. Many traditions are good ones, but in cases like this, it makes someone miserable. It is when people question traditions that changes get made, so I think it is a good thing that Tita questions and wants to go against her family tradition so that her life can be better. She is a character in this book that thinks change is a good thing.
"Tita knew that discussion was not of the forms of communication permitted in Mama's Elan's household, but even so, for the first time in her life, she intended to protest her mother's ruling." (11)
In this household, the mother is respected to the utmost. Because Tita and her sisters' father is deceased, Mama Elena has the greatest amount of authority and is hardly ever disobeyed. In fact, if one of her children does go against in her in any way, Mama Elana gives them a painful spanking. When Mama Elena is opposed to something, it is not up for discussion and for the most part her daughters respect that. Having her mother's trust is definitely something of value for Tita; however, when it comes to her not being allowed to get married, she puts that aside and questions her mother's decision. Although Tita must love her mother, and generally obeys her, she decides that love is of greater importance to her than always succumbing to her mother's wishes.
"She settled on a version in which the Federal troops, which Tita hared, had swooped down on the ranch, set fire to the bathroom, and kidnapped Gertrudis." (58)
After Gertrudis perspires excessively during dinner one night, she has the sudden urge to shower. But, the water from the the shower evaporates and sets fire to the shower and its walls. Afraid of burning to death, Gertrudis runs outside, naked, but is saved by a rebel fighter. She is literally swept off her feet and seems to love this man, even though he would never be accepted by her mother because of his racial difference. This is the first time in the novel where the readers are shown a physical interaction between a white man and one of the main characters who is Mexican. The idea of this interracial love is frowned upon severely. When Mama Elena found out the truth about Gertrudis' disappearance, that Gertrudis was not kidnapped, but in fact wanted to leave, she attempted to erase her daughter's existence completely.
"Rosaura, retching, abandoned her place of honor. She struggled to control her nausea, but it was too much for her! Her only concern was to keep her wedding dress from being fouled by the degradations of her relatives and friends; but as she crossed the patio she slipped and every inch of her dress ended up coated in vomit."(P40)
This is hilarious to me, considering this was once a peaceful respectable wedding but has now become a vomiting extravaganza. Tita clearly did not poison the wedding cake, however her love for the groom has sabotaged the wedding causing everyone to vomit. This is the most horrifying form of humiliation in my opinion for a bride, and there is almost a sympathy for Rosauras unfortunate state. Not much dialogue is shown between Tita and her sister at this point, yet there is a sense that Rosaura is not an outgoing character like her sister, and is simply marrying Pedro for the sake of her mothers wishes. Tita has poured lustful tears into the ingredients and has traumatized her sister because of it. Yet the story still seems to evolve around Tita, Mama and Pedro and disregards Rosaura, giving her almost no lines. The love between Tita and pedro is a passionate one no doubt, but will there come a point where Rosaura becomes aware of this affair and snaps?
"If he intends to ask for your hand, tell him not to bother. He'll be wasting his time and mine too. You know perfectly well that being the youngest daughter means you have to take care of me until the day I die." p. 10
At this point in the story Tita tells her mother that the man she loves is coming to ask for her hand. When Mama Elena tells her that there is no chance of this because it goes against family tradition, Tita is heartbroken and angry as well. But Mama Elena does not feel bad about this at all. This had been a tradition in her family and she sees nothing wrong with it. She feels as though Tita would be selfish to want to turn away from a family tradition. I feel bad for Tita here because there is nothing she can do about it, and although I believe that she should be allowed to get married, if doing so goes against a strong value of her mothers and she wants to continue respecting her mother, there is nothing she can do about it.
"Still it was the first shower of any kind that had ever been seen in the village. A cousin of Mama Elena;s who lived in San Antonio Texas had invented it...first you filled the tank with water, then you got a shower using gravity." p. 54
This is the first time the reader hears about the United states. The idea of a shower was not something anyone living in Tita's village had ever seen before, but because her family had contact with someone in the United States, they were able to have something similar to a shower. I think this is important to notice that the only reason Tita's family had something that had never been seen before was because they knew someone in the U.S. This is important because it shows the United States' had not influenced their village except when they personally knew someone living there.
"Tita knew perfectly well that her mother felt profoundly humiliated because not only did she have to allow Tita back into her house again but unitl she recovered she needed Tita to take care of her." (p. 130)
This passage demostrates how the characters of this book respond to necessity in their life. Although they do not get along, Tita and Mama Elena are forced to live together even after their recent seperation. All of the characters rely on eachother regardless of their dislike for one another, yet the inbalance of their relationships cause unexpected results. While most people are brought together by relying on one another, a forced-coexistance seems to do the opposite for Mama Elena and Tita. Rather than finding ways to live in harmony and benefit from needing echother, Tita distances herself from her mother and tries to save herself from the unhappiness her mother tries to bring her. In response, Mama Elena's pride is hurt by her need for Tita and makes it her mission to anger her daughter more than ever. This portion of the story shows how Tita and Mama Elena react to change in their lives. Mama Elena resists while Tita makes a half-hearted effort to save herself without really resolving anyting. They act similarily throughout all the trials that they are confronted with, and usualy have the same result: unhappiness. CHange doesn't come aeasy for them, and though Tita seems to oppose tradition, she doesn't know how to bring about change either.
"During the funeral, Tita wept for her mother. Not for the castrating mother who had repressed Tita her entire life, but for the person who had lived a frustratedlove."(p. 138)
This passage reveals some common human reactions, and how people are affected by those around them. Although Tita despised her mother and blamed her for ruining her life, she seems to show campasion where her mother could not. When her daughter faces a similar experience, Mama Elena lets her built up anger punish Tita as if it was Tita's fault, rather thsn recognizing the situation learning from a similar past. This seems to be a common reaction of angry people, they make others suffer because they feel cheated out of life and can't let others be happy when they are not. Tita reacts completely differently. She recognizes the similarity of her mother's struggle to her own, and will never subject anyone else to similar displeasure. Tita may not forgive her mother, but she will not follow her path to make others as unhappy as she is. Her sister, Rosaura, went downa similar path and died young, bitter and unloved. Tita did not follow the example of Her mother and oldest sister seeign the result of their bitterness, but instead looks to her other sister, Gertrudis, for advice. Gertrudis broke all rules and expectations, but has been the most succesful character and probably the happiest. Tita, being more reserved than Gertrudis, never experiences the same freedom, but is positively influenced by her sister's escape from an unhapy family. Tita and Gertrudis do their best to change and escape the unhappiness that ruined their mother and oldest sister.
" I have a very good aim and a very bad temper captain the next shot is for you , and i assure you that I can shoot you before they kill me." 90
This is Mama Elena's response from her encounters with one of the revolutionaries. Mama Elena's response was very tough and rash. She had no intention of to being nice and polite to them. Her words came out coldly and crude. That’s what she wanted. You can tell that Mama Elena does not like the western character, by the way she acts and by the things that she says to them. She will not let them walk all over her, and control her.
“Still, it was the first shower of any kind that had ever been seen in the village. A cousin of Mama Elena’s who lived in San Antonio, Texas had invented it...Years later some gringos got this invention form Mama Elenas’s cousin for a song and made new improvements. They made thousands of showers that used pipes, so you didn’t have to do all that damn filling:”(P.54)
In these days of modern globalization, most new things invented are swiftly patented and shipped across the world for a profit. To the contrary this is an interesting description that Tita tells about, how a rural Mexican family has created a shower system not far from the one we use today. Building thousands of showers with thousands of pipes is the point of massive industrial companies, however a simple Mexican girl may claims her cousin invented the shower, and may be completely oblivious to world industry. With the rise of globalization in the 20th and 21st centuries, companies may have used Titas family as a model costumer they are trying to approach. I love when Tita talks about how the “gringos” simply added a few things to her shower, because this is a perfect illustration of what technology has become. Improvements are all about building from the past, yet some people such as Tita or especially Mama would be perplexed by the notion of having a shower in the house, especially on a tenth floor.
"phosphorus was discovered in 1669, By Brandt, a Hamburg chemist who was looking for the philosophers stone" p. 114
At this point in the story, Tita has gone to live with John, a doctor, and she is watching him in his laboratory. John is teaching her about phosphorous. I think the fact that he tells her that phosphorous-the substance he is working with- was discovered by hamburg chemist in very important. This is important because it shows the link between countries around the world. According to John, phosphorous was discovered in Germany, a completely different place than the village they are living in in Mexico. Just the fact that he knows phosphorous was discovered in Germany shows how much different countries depend on each other for information along with other resources and how much we can learn from studying other countries. This has a lot to do with globalization because although some people see globalization as dangerous, without it I think we would not know nearly as much and would not be nearly as educated.
"'My grandmother had a very interesting theory; she said that each of us is born with a box of matches inside us...the oxygen, for example, would come from the breath of the person you love; the candle could be any kind of food, music, caress, word, or sound'" (115).
Doctor Brown says this to Tita one afternoon while she is staying with him. John clearly likes Tita very much, as he chooses to share the deeply emotional insight of his deceased grandmother with her. After hearing this, Tita agrees with it, and feels that she can relate. This quotation exemplifies what the characters in this novel truly value. Love is extremely important to them; John and Tita both think that one can live a fulfilled life without experiencing love. John's grandmother seems to have been a very intelligent woman who understood many things, including medicine and human feelings. Her teachings represent what the other characters in the novel live by.
"Young Jose Trevino was the product of an illicit love affair between the elder Jose Trevino and a beautiful negress. When Mama Elena's parents discovered the love that existed between their daughter and this mulatto, they were horrified" (137).
This quotation shows how the characters in this novel feel about non-Mexicans, specifically Americans and Negroes. When Mama Elena was young and her parents found out that she was having a secret love affair with a man who was half black, her parents were absolutely enraged. They immediately enforced upon her a marriage with a suitable Mexican young man. It is apparent that the elder characters in this novel and those who are deceased do not like the Westerns or anyone other than Mexicans, for that matter. Also, by Mama Elena's parents not liking the mulatto young man, it shows that characters in this novel are not open to new things and change. Many characters prefer for things to stay the same, and for marriages to be with a person of the same ethnicity. Mama Elena's parents did not even want her associating with a man of another color or race.
"Tita had no choice but to go to her sister's bedside, hoping it wouldn't be for long." (pg, 71)
This short passage shows something that is a repeated value brought up in this novel. Tita despises her sister, but is loyal to her regardless. This loyalty is expected of Tita, but she also seems to value it to. Despite her dislike for most of her family members, Tita takes care of them when they need her mostly without question. When her family betrays her, Tita is miserable but goes along with it. Perhaps this is because she was alsways told that it was her job to care for Mama Elena until she died, because Tita is very loyal to her family no matter how angy they make her. Tita puts her own future and happiness at risk to care for them, and even repects them after their deaths. Another loyal character is the doctor, John, who looks after his mother and is faithful to Tita after helping her rise out of depression. Even though Tita doesn't return his feelings, John is loyal to her. Even Gertrudis, who runs away from her family, comes back to visit and pay respects showing that loyalty to family and close relations is a very important theme of this novel.
"'I won't stand for disobedience...nor am I going to allow you to ruin your sister's wedding, with your acting like a victim.'" (p27)
I can't stand to read the parts of the book that are like this. Mama Elena is such a cruel person. I don't know how anybody could say that to a person, let alone her own daughter. It makes sense that she would want Tita to be a good sport on a day that is supposed to be happy for her sister, but Mama Elena is the one who arranged the marriage, and she knew that TIta would be unhappy. To then ask Tita not to be a bad sport and to stop victimizing herself is so insensitive. I don't think that this is a cultural thing because Nacha understands how Tita feels and wants to help her out. It is hard to understand how Mama Elena can act so cruel toward Tita, even though Tita wanted to go against a tradition. This is an example of how when someone wants to change a tradition, there are many people who don't agree with their choice, including family members. I think the way that Mama Elena reacts is unreasonable, because she created the situation, but it also realistic as to what happens sometimes in these types of situations.
"Tita was literally 'like water for chocolate'--she was on the verge of boiling over" (p151)
This quotation seems to sum up a lot of Tita's life. Tita was in love with Pedro, and she wasn't allowed to marry him. To make it worse, her sister married him. Mama Elena sent Pedro and Rosaura and their son away, and he died, and Tita lost two of the most important people in her life. Now that Tita is finally happy, and John wants to marry her, it is unfair that Pedro is acting with such a bad temper about the matter. It is almost as if Pedro doesn't want Tita to be happy, because he can't be with her, but he doesn't want her to be with anybody else. It makes sense that Tita would be almost boiling over, from all the frustrating things that have happened in her life. I wonder if most families living in Mexico at this time experienced similar situations and had similar rules of the youngest daughter not getting married so that she could take care of the mother.
"Yes, a thousand times. From that night on she would love him forever. And now she had to give him up" (18)
Tita has a hard time dealing with staying the same. She and Pedro vowed their love for one another a year prior, and yet because of Tita's family tradition she cannot marry. She can't deal with this fact and they both want to find any possible way for them both to be together. It's kind of like a Romeo & Juliet story. She wants to change this tradition her family and especially her mother enforces on her so she can be with her true love. Tita is very resistant to staying in the same cycle; she wants to change.
“For the first time in their lives, Tita and Pedro could make love freely. For years they had to take all sorts of precautions so that no one would see them…But all that was over now.”(P.243)
This is a response to Amaya's thoughts on loyalty and love in the novel. As a whole I agree with your connections throughout the book, however in the concluding chapters I noticed that loyalty is often thrown aside. Tita ponders endlessly about her actions and feels great remorse for her adultery, however her betrayal to her sister nonetheless plays a devastating toll on Rosuara. As I see it Rosuara becomes the victim in this situation, and suffers from a husbands lack of love and disrespect for their marriage. I foolhardily agree that both love and loyalty play the largest role in this love triangle, because both these strong emotions conflict with each other throughout Tita's life. As a whole, Tita is able to honor both her respect for her sister and her deep desire for Pedro. After battling with her emotions over a lifetime, Tita and Pedro are finally able to relieve the love they have kept secret. Tita's journey concludes with the power of her love over everything, and proves that lust does in fact prevail over loyalty in this situation.
"They had learned to prepare these powders in school. They're made by combining half an ounce of cream of tartar, half an ounce of sugar, and half an ounce of jivia bone with two drachmans of florentine iris and dragon's blood, reducing all the ingredients to a powder and belnding well. P. 220
I thought this was really interesting. At first I had no idea what she was making, but after reading it over again I realized that she was making toothpaste. I thought this was very important because it shows the difference between the U.S. towns and small villages in Mexico. Here, we would just go to the store and buy toothpaste, but in Tita's village, they actaully make their own toothpaste. Things we take for granted because stores never run out of it, are things that some families in Mexico must make daily.
"'If I didn't know perfectly well that you are a decent girl, I would swear that you are pregnant'" (177).
Paquita Lobo says this to Tita when Tita almost faints. Tita feels nauseous and Paquita can see that her dizziness and the look on her face greatly resemble that of a pregnant woman. But, because the members of the village in this novel look down upon pregnancy without a husband for oneself or a father for the child, Paquita assumes that she has just made a mistake and misjudged her. Characters in the novel value women who are well kept and do not sleep around, especially with their sister's husband. The fact that Tita slept with her sister's husband, and thought that she was pregnant with his child makes Tita extremely worried and terribly distraught. Had she given birth to his child, chaos would have broken out even more than it already had between her and her sister. Tita would also have been looked down upon by the majority of the characters in the novel because they value good, trustworthy women. This explains why Mama Elena was so upset when she found out her daughter Gertrudis was working at a brothel- it goes against all of their morals.
"'I didn't know that it would take twenty-two years before I would ask you to be my wife'" (236).
Pedro says this to Tita at the wedding of Pedro's daughter and John's son when Tita is thirty-nine years old. Even though Pedro married Tita's sister many years ago, Pedro never gave up on Tita. This exemplifies how the characters in the novel do not cope well with change. If Pedro loves Tita, but has to marry another woman, he cannot just accept that. The change of women does not sit well with him; Pedro is a stubborn man who does not adapt well with change. He is determined to be with Tita in the end, and he successfully does manage just that.
"Mama Elena burned Gertrudis' birth certificate and all of her pictures and she said she didn't want to hear her name mentioned ever again" (59)
Mama Elena is one character who prefers things to stay the same. She enforces the family tradition on Tita about making her care for her mother until death, and doesn't tolerate anything out of the ordinary in her household. She is always trying to catch Tita and Pedro together so that Mama Elena can scold her. When Gertrudis ran away with the soldier (who, later on, comes to ask Mama Elena for food for the federal troops), Mama Elena is disgusted in what Gertrudis had done and chooses to erase all memory of her. Mama Elena is a very controlling mother and wants everything to stay in line; to be the same under her rule. It devastates Tita and the family, but Mama Elena enjoys her strong status as the head of the house.
"Years later some gringos got this invention from Mama Elena's cousin for a song and made a few improvements. They made thousands of showers that used pipes, so you didn't have to do all that damn filling. If Gertrudis had only known!" (54)
This is a very small detail, but it shows how Westerners took an idea from Mama Elena's family and prospered from it. They made money by making a shower system more efficient for society and made thousands of them, showing no credit to the Mexican family that brought the idea forward. In the Mexicans' position, I'd feel looked down upon that Westerners show no interest in crediting them, and just taking advantage of their resources and inventions to better improve them. It just goes to show how easy companies would be able to build on their land later on if they can already invest on Mexicans' ideas for their own profit.
"And So Esperanza would be the only child, the youngest child, and worst of all a girl! Which meant in the family tradition, that she was the one designated to care for her mother until the end of her days. Tita prayed that the idea of perpetuating this cruel tradition would not cross Rosaura's mind."
This shows that Tita, wants change. She Doesnt want people to keep things the same. She hates the fact that her, niece is never going to get married and be happy. She wants her sister to recognize that not all change is bad. Tita wants Rosaura to think about what she is doing first. You can tell from here that Tita, is never going to stop fighting for change. She is character that wants to embrace change.
"For the first time in their lives, Tita and Pedro could make love freely. For years they had had to take all sorts of precautions so that no one would see them...but all that was over now" (242)
Tita values the idea of eternal and true love. throughout the novel she fought against her family's traditions to get what she wanted: Pedro. First it was Mama Elena and then Rosaura that stood in Tita's way, but unfortunately after they both had died, Tita felt a great sense of relief knowing that nothing stood between her and Pedro now. She valued solely the idea of pure love and she persued it her whole life, even in times where having Pedro seemed impossible. She stood by her life-long wish and at the end, before Pedro's death, Tita felt what she had been longing to feel her whole life with Pedro: the burning passion within that John had told her about.
"There was no pain that wouldn't disappear if she ate a delicious Christmas Roll. But this time it didn't work."(p19)
Tita is not allowed to marry Pedro due to the family tradition and is bound to care for her mother until she died. To clear her mind before sleeping, she tries to eat a Christmas roll left by Nacha thinking it would cheer her up. Tita becomes so heartbroken a Christmas Roll, that cured all her pains, wouldn't be able to make her broken heart disappear. Something that has relieved her pain through her whole life is not able to relieve her broken heart. This is a strong love connection between Tita and Pedro and shows how much she wants to marry him. The Christmas Roll is the main symbol in this part of the book because the ingredients shown in the beginning of the chapter are used to make it. This shows how important Christmas Rolls are to Tita and how strong her love is.
"Now we're alone in the kitchen, go ahead and cry, my child, because I don't want them to see you crying tomorrow."(29)
Right after Tita's hallucination of the chicken inside the egg, Nacha tells her to cry before the wedding so she doesn't cry later in front of everyone. Nacha is the person that cares for Tita even at birth. After the death of Tita's father, Mama Elena wasn't able to breast feed Tita. Nacha was the one that volunteered to feed Tita during her childhood. Nacha is one of the only kind people Tita meets in the story. Nacha gave care and kindness that Mama Elena didn't provide to Tita. Its nice to know that there was somebody that showed kindness to Tita that helped her through her child hood. Even in death Nacha helps guide Tita throughout her troubles.
"Rosaura married Pedro, showing no loyalty, not caring a damn that you really loved him, that's the truth, isn't it?
This passage shows the bond between Gertrudis and Tita opposed to Rosaura. It shows that Tita and Gertrudis have a strong connection and can give each other advice and discuss things to one another. They both seem to be against Rosaura. Gertrudis mentions how Rosaura betrayed Tita and didn't care about the feelings Tita had toward Pedro. Tita had to talk to somebody about her pregnancy involving Pedro and ends up talking to Gertrudis, this shows that Tita can trust Gertrudis and favors her over Rosaura. Gertrudis guides Tita along the right path to keep her true feelings to Pedro and to talk it out. She never harmed Tita in anyway and only guides her. While Rosaura betrays Tita and goes on to marry Pedro not carrying about what Tita thought about it. This proves who is the better sister towards Tita in the book.
“Unquestionably, when it came to dividing, dismantling, dismembering, desolating, detaching, dispossessing, destroying, or dominating, Mama Elena was a pro.” (97)
This quote is a good example of Mama Elena’s lack of sympathy. Not only does she unnecessarily make Tita’s life almost unbearable, but she also traumatizes Tita in an extremely profound way. She shows no consideration, respect, or affection towards Tita or anyone else. She seems extremely heartless and tyrannical. This quote shows how her cruelty affects everyone around her and how people see her as a person: cruel, violent, and emotionless. Mama Elena’s ruthlessness symbolizes the suffering from a lost love. Eventually, Tita comes to find out that her deceased mother had once lost the love of her life, just like herself. Mama Elena hid her suffering from everyone; it most probably not only upset and traumatized her, but also angered her. The only way that Mama Elena found in order to express her feelings was by letting her anger out on other people, especially on Tita, who is her youngest daughter and is prohibited to marry, so as to take care of her mother as she gets older.
“My grandmother had a very interesting theory; she said that each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves; just as in the experiment, we need oxygen and a candle to help. In this case, the oxygen, for example, would come from the breath of the person you love; the candle could be any kind of food, music, caress, word, or sound that engenders the explosion that lights one of the matches.” (115)
Dr. John Brown attempts approaching Tita and having a conversation with her. As shown in previous chapters, John is clearly attracted to Tita and feels as though he can trust her. He begins to tell her about his deceased grandmother, who was an extremely wise Native American. This passage is extremely interesting and at the same time mysterious. One could comprehend this quote in many different manners. It is very philosophical. This passage could be a metaphor, which represents major themes in the novel, such as love and romance. It seems obvious that John believes that Tita will find comfort in his words and will relate; however, he chooses to use his grandmother’s words to express himself and his feelings rather than his own. He makes a clear statement about how he has never entrusted the theory, which he is sharing with Tita, to anyone. He wants Tita to realize that she means something to him, that she is special, and that he has feelings for her.
“… She felt a slight lifting of the guilt she sometimes suffered for having married Tita’s sweetheart.” (156)
This quote explains a lot. Throughout the book Rosaura is portrayed as Tita’s evil sister who married her sweetheart. Not once does Rosaura apologize or say anything to Tita concerning her marriage to Pedro. She can definitely see how much Tita suffers because of her marriage, even though Tita tries her hardest to stay as far away from Pedro as possible. For the first time in the novel, this line illustrates Rosaura’s feelings of guilt towards her little sister. Throughout the book Rosaura’s main concern is to keep Pedro and Tita away from each other, since in some way, she knows that they love one another. This quote truly emphasizes how Rosaura feels about her own marriage to Pedro, how great her love for her little sister is, and how much she suffers because of her guilty conscience. Tita never accuses Rosaura of taking away the love of her life; however, Rosaura knew how much Tita loved Pedro and still decided to marry him, which is why she has such great remorse.
“She hadn’t anticipated Pedro getting captured by the federales and summarily detained from getting the doctor, or Mama Elena and Chencha being unable to return because of shooting breaking out in the village that forced them to take refuge with the Lobos…” (71)
This quote is an excellent example of the affects of the Mexican Revolution on the De La Garza family. It makes it seem as though one of the reasons why most of the novel takes place in the ranch is because of lack of safety throughout of the country as a result of the Revolution. Unfortunately, the novel only gives the reader little insight about ongoing events of the Revolution and the De La Garza family is not very involved in these happenings; however, the fear of the 'Lobos' is clearly portrayed throughout the book. This quote shows Tita’s concern when most of her family is gone. She has no means to find out whether they are doing fine or not. Also, she has never assisted a woman giving birth and now, because of the family’s absence, she has to help Rosaura give birth to her first child, which terrifies her even more.
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