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Tita’s bedspread represents her resilient sense of survival and hope. Tita begins making the blanket after Pedro first expresses his plans to propose marriage, intending to have it ready for their matrimonial bed. After Pedro becomes engaged to Rosaura, Tita stays awake all night crocheting the blanket. Even after the marriage, she continues to crochet the blanket each night, adding different colors of yarn. The different colors represent the changes that happen in Tita’s life, all of which she survives and incorporates into her being. After her nervous breakdown when she hears of Roberto’s death, Tita leaves the ranch with nothing but her bedspread, which Chencha runs out to give to her before she leaves.
Tita’s Bedspread Quotes in Like Water for Chocolate
The Like Water for Chocolate quotes below all refer to the symbol of Tita’s Bedspread. 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 1: January
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Not that night, nor many others, for as long as she lived, could she free herself from that cold.
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Tita’s Bedspread Symbol Timeline in Like Water for Chocolate
The timeline below shows where the symbol Tita’s Bedspread appears in Like Water for Chocolate. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1: January – “Christmas Rolls.”
...but her hunger and cold are insatiable. She stays awake weeping and crocheting the wedding bedspread she had begun when Pedro first declared his love, unwilling to “let it go to...
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Chapter 3: March – “Quail in Rose Petal Sauce”
...each year by making the quail in rose sauce. That night, Tita works on her bedspread. Looking up at the night sky, she hopes that some of the heat from Gertrudis’...
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Chapter 5: May – “Northern Style Chorizo”
...and takes Tita with him. Crying, Chencha runs after the carriage to give Tita her bedspread. Tita has spent years crocheting mismatched yarns together, and now the bedspread is so long...
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Chapter 6: June – “A Recipe for Making Matches”
...Tita doesn’t know what to do with them now. Each day, she would crochet the bedspread with the yarns John bought her. One day, she wandered into a room outside, where...
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