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Pedro Musquiz
Esperanza is the youngest child of Rosaura and Pedro, and the wife of Alex Brown. Her name, chosen by her aunt Tita, means, “hope.” She grows up spending hours in the kitchen with Tita, who becomes her best friend. As her youngest and only daughter, Rosaura plans to make Esperanza follow the family tradition of devoting her life to her mother. Pedro and Tita are Esperanza’s advocates. After Rosaura’s death, Esperanza marries Alex. She is romantic and loves cooking, like Tita. She becomes the mother to the novel’s unnamed narrator.
Esperanza Quotes in Like Water for Chocolate
The Like Water for Chocolate quotes below are all either spoken by Esperanza or refer to Esperanza. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 12: December
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Esperanza went to the best school, with the object of improving her mind. Tita, for her part, taught her something just as valuable: the secrets of love and life as revealed by the kitchen.
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Little by little her vision began to brighten until the tunnel again appeared before her eyes. There at its entrance was the luminous figure of Pedro waiting for her. Tita did not hesitate. She let herself go to the encounter, and they wrapped each other in a long embrace; again experiencing an amorous climax, they left together for the lost Eden. Never again would they be apart.
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Esperanza Quotes in Like Water for Chocolate
The Like Water for Chocolate quotes below are all either spoken by Esperanza or refer to Esperanza. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 12: December
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Esperanza went to the best school, with the object of improving her mind. Tita, for her part, taught her something just as valuable: the secrets of love and life as revealed by the kitchen.
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Little by little her vision began to brighten until the tunnel again appeared before her eyes. There at its entrance was the luminous figure of Pedro waiting for her. Tita did not hesitate. She let herself go to the encounter, and they wrapped each other in a long embrace; again experiencing an amorous climax, they left together for the lost Eden. Never again would they be apart.
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