Onions and Tears - Chapter 11: November
Chapter 11: November
Onions and Tears were featured together in this chapter much more heavily than in earlier chapters. For one, Onions are included (only a single onion) in this month's recipe for Chile Tezcucana. Onions, in this chapter, are consistent in their featured symbolism of frustrated feelings and sadness, eventually culminating in tears. Tears are prominent in two scenes of this chapter: when Rosaura is taking Esperanza away from Tita (onions are present as this scene ends), and when Tita and Dr. Brown are talking at the dinner table. The most symbolic of these scenes is the first one, in which "the chopped onion is fried in lard... It was hopeless to try to forget Esperanza"(Esquirel, p. 101). This scene is important to my group's symbols because it shows the onion being present in a scene where Tita is devastated (at the loss of Esperanza). The later scene involves Tita and Dr. Brown together as they eat the dinner that Tita prepared, which contained that same onion from the earlier scene. The onion is an inducer of the sadness and frustration feels that causes Tita to cry, and it induces tears in people with similar emotions, such as Dr. Brown.
In this chapter, Tita must confront her fiancé about her having slept with Pedro, but before that she must face Rosaura. Tita and Rosaura argue about Pedro, and at this point it is revealed that Rosaura has lost the 65 pounds of bloating and sickness that she gained while returning to the ranch. The argument culminates in Rosaura taking Esperanza away from Tita, which his one of the main reasons as to why she is even more devastated later on in the book. Tita from this point begins to prepare the Chile Tezcucana. Once done, she serves it to Dr. Brown, his Aunt Sally from Pennsylvania, and herself. At this point, Dr. Brown and Tita discuss (through mouths full of food so that Aunt Sally would not understand), and Dr. Brown decides to allow Tita to decide who she wants to marry. With that, the chapter ends.
Onions and Tears were featured together in this chapter much more heavily than in earlier chapters. For one, Onions are included (only a single onion) in this month's recipe for Chile Tezcucana. Onions, in this chapter, are consistent in their featured symbolism of frustrated feelings and sadness, eventually culminating in tears. Tears are prominent in two scenes of this chapter: when Rosaura is taking Esperanza away from Tita (onions are present as this scene ends), and when Tita and Dr. Brown are talking at the dinner table. The most symbolic of these scenes is the first one, in which "the chopped onion is fried in lard... It was hopeless to try to forget Esperanza"(Esquirel, p. 101). This scene is important to my group's symbols because it shows the onion being present in a scene where Tita is devastated (at the loss of Esperanza). The later scene involves Tita and Dr. Brown together as they eat the dinner that Tita prepared, which contained that same onion from the earlier scene. The onion is an inducer of the sadness and frustration feels that causes Tita to cry, and it induces tears in people with similar emotions, such as Dr. Brown.
In this chapter, Tita must confront her fiancé about her having slept with Pedro, but before that she must face Rosaura. Tita and Rosaura argue about Pedro, and at this point it is revealed that Rosaura has lost the 65 pounds of bloating and sickness that she gained while returning to the ranch. The argument culminates in Rosaura taking Esperanza away from Tita, which his one of the main reasons as to why she is even more devastated later on in the book. Tita from this point begins to prepare the Chile Tezcucana. Once done, she serves it to Dr. Brown, his Aunt Sally from Pennsylvania, and herself. At this point, Dr. Brown and Tita discuss (through mouths full of food so that Aunt Sally would not understand), and Dr. Brown decides to allow Tita to decide who she wants to marry. With that, the chapter ends.
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