Tita and Mama Elena 11/02/09

The day that Tita and all the women of the house were cooking they gave each other specific jobs, for example, one would get the chicken, another one was in charge of taking care of the heat of the water and other things like that. Right after everybody was done Tita asked her mother if a man could come over, but she didn't say for what. Mama Elena immideately told her that if he was going to ask her for permission to marry that she would not allow it because, traditionally, the youngest daughter is supposed to take care of the mother. At this point, Tita starts questioning many of these type of traditions in her head and never actually lets her opinion out to her mother.