Comparative Commentary: Dualism of Fire as a Symbol

Laura Esquivel's Like Water for Chocolate is a dreamlike romantic depiction of Mexican girl Tita, but according to Mexican tradition it can not get married. Because she is the youngest girl in this family. His corrupted situation was only exacerbated by her castrated mother Mamaelena. When burning Pedro Masquez asked for marriage, Tita was the only one who was able to escape from her boring life. When Tita knew that Titata selfishly denied her Pedro, Titus felt discouraged, but this did not stop the passion shared by Tita and Pedro.

Symbol of threat and instability in the life of Antoine Kosovo - fire is uncontrollable, all consumption and destructive danger. In the novel "The Great Sea of ​​Sargasso" written by Jean Rhys, fire is a popular symbol in the whole novel, in connection with the burning and burning life of Antoinette. Tovarnet is still extinguished and must fire. At the beginning of the novel, Krivri 's fire required Antwanet' s fear and instability. The relationship between Antoinette and Mr. Rochester motivated her to be further at risk and live her life. Finally, after finally feeling a sense of stability in her life, Antoinette made a fire that reconnected her to a previously defined symbol of her excitement and life threatening risk.

Every scholar acknowledges the symbol of fire in the story, but I think there is little connection between fire and Antoinette's race and opposition. On the contrary, the fire symbolizes the lack of stability and the high risk of Antoinette's life. Mary Lou Emery, a literary researcher, discussed the instability of Antoinette and the dangers of her life, but she did not fully develop the subject and the relationship with the fire. By emphasizing the fire that happens in the large waters of Sargasso, you can see that the fire is related to dangerous and unstable events in the life of Antoinette. Fire at the beginning of the story killed Antoinette brothers, frenzied their mothers and fear that Antoinette is afraid of black and Jamaican people who hated her and her family. Through the rest of the story, Antoinette faces contradictions, dangers and volatility in his relationship with Mr. Rochester.