The Role of Motherhood in Blood Wedding and Like Water for...

How do the mother and child relations, in the books, Blood Wedding and Like Water For Chocolate reveal the characteristics of the mothers? Mother and child relations are portrayed in our factual life, which affect the child, and it’s up bringing. Some relations are very solicitous and create a greater bond between each other, while some do not. The authors Federico Garcia Lorca and Laura Esquivel implement characters with relations of mother and child to show the characteristics of the mothers through their relations with their children, and form the plot. These relations and feelings between the two books Blood Wedding and Like Water For Chocolate connect to our real world. The qualities of a mother are expressed, through the†¦show more content†¦In contrary, Laura Esquivel portrays Mama Elena as a widow, who does not allow Tita to marry anyone, as long as Mama Elena lives; as per the De La Garza tradition. Mama Elena enforces her do all the chores in the house and treats her like a housekeeper. For Mama Elena, tradition was above her daughter, which obstructs Tita from being loved by her mother. Thus, this shows the affection between mother and child in the two books was opposite, which hints the audience the character of Mama Elena to be a selfish, stern and a ruthless mother, while the ‘Bridegroom’s Mother’ to be an affectionate, tender woman. Both the authors, Federico Garcia Lorca and Laura Esquivel show deep affection in between the mother-child bond. In Like Water For Chocolate, Tita nurses and feeds Rosaura’s child, without being a mother, which builds a mother and child relation between the two. Similarly, such affection is also portrayed when Leonardo’s wife sings a lullaby to her child, to put him to sleep. Thus, there is common affection in the books, to enable the reader/audience understand the real connection between mother and child. Both the mothers are possessive and care about their child to different extents. In Blood Wedding, the Mother lets her Husband and Leonardo’s son leave, which causes their death through Felix. Therefore, due to this loss the Mother suffered, she is more affectionate towards Leonardo. She then requests theShow MoreRelatedStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 PagesComprehensive Cases Indexes Glindex 637 663 616 623 Contents Preface xxii 1 1 Introduction What Is Organizational Behavior? 3 The Importance of Interpersonal Skills 4 What Managers Do 5 Management Functions 6 †¢ Management Roles 6 †¢ Management Skills 8 †¢ Effective versus Successful Managerial Activities 8 †¢ A Review of the Manager’s Job 9 Enter Organizational Behavior 10 Complementing Intuition with Systematic Study 11 Disciplines That Contribute to the OB Field 13 PsychologyRead MoreStrategic Marketing Management337596 Words   |  1351 Pages81 86 88 89 101 102 104 107 109 Stage One: Where are we now? Strategic and marketing analysis 2 Marketing auditing and the analysis of capability 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Learning objectives Introduction Reviewing marketing effectiveness The role of SWOT analysis Competitive advantage and the value chain Conducting effective audits Summary 3 Segmental, productivity and ratio analysis 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 Learning objectives Introduction The clarification of