Magical Realism in Like water for chocolate
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Throughout the book, Like Water For Chocolate, Laura Esquivel uses magical realism to add interest and to a slight form of fantasy to the book.
In the beginning, Tita was so sensitive to the smell of onions that while she was in her mothers stomach she started to cry and hence created her birth. She cried so much that she left enough salt to fill a 10 pound sack. "Tita was literally washed into this world on a great tide of tears . . ." "There was enough salt to fill a 10 pound sack". This points out that a harsh reality of life is that onions do make people cry, and it can be painful to the eyes.
Also, an example of magical realism is when Tita cries again when her heart is broken because Rosaura is marrying Pedro. Tita is making the wedding cake and her tears fall into the batter...