Mexico Revolution Like Water For Chocolate

Porfirio Diaz Mama Elena

- President of Mexico - Head of the ranch

- Dictatorship - a strict, cruel, and

deviously manipulative mother

- Held the family tradition
- imposed old laws and
and forced Tita to follow
brought people oppression - Mama Elena was

feelings tyrannical in her control over Tita

- Diaz did not care about the
without caring her feelings
well being of the people he was - She used violence to

supposed to take care of oppress Titas disobedience and

- He violently struck down
her intention to break the tradition
any rebels against his authority

(throwing Madero into the jail)

Francisco Madero Tita

- Madero escaped from - Titas rebellion against her

prison and organized people mother and tradition in order to

disliking Diaz together to start a gain her freedom

revolution against him

Pancho Villa / Peasants Gertrudis

- Tried to rebel but barely - Escaped from Mama

changed the situation Elena and the constraint of

tradition but still ended up in the

brothel

Huerta Rosaura
 - Continued Diaz - Followed Mama Elenas

dictatorship footstep and continued the

traditions that Mama Elena

enforced on Tita