Blog 5

In the film Como agama para chocolate the role of food played a role in personal and national identities. The way food impacted the characters personal identities is the way they acted after they ate the food that Tita had cooked. When Tita had received the roses from Pedro she thought about cooking the rose petal chicken. When everyone took a bite of the rose petal chicken everyone had a different reaction to it. When Mama Elena took a bite of the chicken she said it was to salty because she never shows emotion in front of her children but Tita could see that she really enjoyed the food. When Pedro took a bite of it he said right away that it was the best food he has ever had. Gertrudis after she took a bite became horny at the dinner table. She ended going to the shower to continue and while she was doing that the rebel leader was able to sense that she was in trouble and came to rescue her. The way food impacted national identities is when Tita went to the doctor she ate different food there than what she would eat at her house. When she was at her house she would eat corn tortillas.