Synthesis Blog #2
It has stayed consistent. In the beginning, onions and tears were centered around birth, and in the last few chapters, Tita has gone through “rebirth.” “Plumes of phosphorescent colors were ascending to the sky like delicate Bengal lights (Esquirel, 159)”. In this scene, Tita and Pedro are making love in the dark room and "phosphorescent colors" were showing through the cracks in the walls. Tita is is entering a new chapter in her life during this event. Phosphorous is also associated with rebirth because John got Tita to write in phosphorous to tell him why she wouldn’t speak. This was pushing Tita along into her first breakthrough/rebirth. “John interrupted those memories by bursting into the room, alarmed by the stream that was running down the stairs....Tita’s voice stopped him (Esquirel, 125)”. Here, Tita was crying because Chencha had shown up and the tears symbolized her being essentially pushed out of her depressed state and being born again into a new person.
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