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Like Water For Chocolate Mama Elena Character Traits

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Based on the novel “Like Water for Chocolate”, a good woman should posses independent, strong, and knowledgeable feminist characteristics. Such character in the novel is Mama Elena. Mama Elena is an independent woman for the reason being that she took the position of head of the household due to her husband’s shocking death. Maintaining the family ranch in order is a job that requires persistence and enormous responsibility; therefore, Mama Elena being the strong willed and assertive woman she is, fills the position greatly in order to provide the food and education for her family. Mama Elena as an independent woman hides her emotions deep down since she is a ranch owner in a ruthless society of high male dominance, where women are not seen as important, furthermore less property owners. Mama Elena is a self-reliant woman with a strong motive to support her family by taking all the tasks of running the ranch. …show more content…

To her family, Mama Elena is the dictator of the ranch, who determines what will go on and what should be done. Mama Elena’s valiant attitude and strong demeanor had a positive effect when the revolutionary soldiers paid a visit to the ranch. A line from Mama Elena in the novel, “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 can kill me, so it would be best for us to respect each other…” proves of her dignity and strong will. The quote Mama Elena gave to the soldiers daunted them with fear by her authority. Mama Elena’s unsympathetic trait, and a little help from her shotgun, stopped the men from taking advantage of her home even despite of her being a

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