Like Water For Chocolate- The Book

The novel "Like Water for Chocolate" by Laura Esquirel I thought was such a good book to read. I recommend it to anyone who likes a good romance story. The recipes throughout the novel were very good! It made me want to go out and make them. Without them it would have been a completely different story. The fact that the emotion you have when cooking affects what others think when they eat your food is very interesting. I know some people really do believe in this. The magical realism in it was great. It really sucked you into the story and made you believe in the food. Throughout the whole story I really felt like Tita should have ended up with John. He treated her good and would do anything for her. It made me very mad that Pedro married her sister. I don't think that was very appropriate of him to do. Also, the men in the story were not given very many lines. I found that interesting because it made it more about the women then the men, which I liked.

The whole title "Like Water for Chocolate" I found was very interesting. I took it as another way though then what we discussed in class. I agree that Pedro is the chocolate and Tita is the water, she definitely has her moments when she is boiling over but then all is calm again. But also the story talked about how you can use milk to mix in the chocolate instead. I found this to be Rosaura since he marries her and everything is still okay, but he doesn't get the same reaction as when he is mixed with Tita (the boiling water). Also chocolate is believed by some to make you go crazy in love. It is known as an aphrodisiac to some. Which makes is why Tita goes crazy for Pedro all the time. All in all the book title is perfect and it goes along great with recipes.

Zorro Reader Response

The Zorro graphic novel I thought was so interesting! Before reading this I had never read or watched anything about Zorro. But this graphic novel it actually one that is interesting. It was so much better to read than a novel. I got so wrapped up in the story it was such an easy read. The fact that Zorro goes through so much to become Zorro is inspiring. After everything happening with his mother it really takes a toll on him. He sees her get murdered and everything, I'm not sure I would be able to overcome something like that. The fact that they used Spanish throughout the no were saying anything. It made it feel more like I was actually in the novel. I could picture everything that was going on so much better. Being that I know some Spanish it was really neat to understand what they were saying.

The graphics are so emotional and they don't even have to say a lot or show a lot in them. The way the artist shows the boxes by making them smaller, bigger, or separate and its own thing really gets the idea of how you are supposed to read the story across. It shows the reader what is most important while reading. The graphic that touched me emotionally was the rape scene. Even though they actually didn't show anything but a bed and legs hanging over, that picture spoke more words than any other picture would have. It left it all up to the reader to decide what was going to happen. The fact that it didn't say anything left so much more of an impact. You knew what was  going to happen and could only imagine what was going on. That is one of the most powerful and emotional pictures I have ever seen. Especially for not even having that much going on in the actual picture.