Comparison of The house of the spirits and Like water for chocolate

The examination of complicated love in The House Of the Spirits, and Like Water For Chocolate.

The purpose of this assignment is to show the importance of complicated love in two of Latin American novels. This theme introduces a great deal of family drama and indeed makes the novel more interesting. Complicated love basically revolves around love that was either incomplete or it did succeed in the end, but after a series of conflicts and complications. This theme helps in the development of the plot. Through it we are taken on a journey of the Latin American culture. This is because the traditions and the different social status lead to all the conflicts in love, and that is why Latin American culture influences this theme in many ways. It also suggests that love does not always win, readers also feel very disappointed by the fact that there is not always a happy ending. Basically it converts a dull love story into a page-turner, and probably this is why both the authors use compl...