Like Water for Chocolate
This is the country where Like Water for Chocolate takes place.
What is Mexico?
está triste
What is “is sad”?
Tita ______ porque no puede casarse.
What is está triste?
Typically placed on an altar in a frame to remember specific loved ones?
What are photos?
is sad → ______
What is está triste?
This character expresses her emotions through the food she cooks.
Who is Tita?
llora
What is “cries”?
Ella ______ mucho cuando corta cebollas (onions).
What is llora?
The orange flower used to decorate during Día de los Muertos?
What is cempasúchil (marigold)?
cries → ______
What is llora?
When Tita cooks while crying, the people who eat her food feel this emotion too.
What is sadness?
el lobo
What is “the wolf”?
El lobo ______ un pollo.
What is come?
What families build in their homes to honor people who have died
What is an ofrenda (altar)?
eats → ______
What is come?
The reason Tita is so sad in the story
What is her mother won't let her marry?
come
What is “eats”?
______ quiere comer porque tiene hambre.
Who is el lobo?
A kind of sweet treat made in the shape of a skull
What is a calavera (sugar skull)?
the wolf → ______
What is el lobo?
This genre of stories mixes fantasy and real life.
What is magical realism?
tiene hambre
What is “is hungry”?
Pedro ______ porque no hay comida.
What is tiene hambre?
The reason mariposas (butterflies) important in the celebration?
What is they represent the spirits of loved ones returning?
is hungry → ______
What is tiene hambre?