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Like Water for Chocolate Chapter Six “ Each person has to discover what will set off these explosions in order to live, since the combustion that occurs when one of them is ignited is what nourishes the soul” Tita, the main character in Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate has gone through much pain and suffering in her life. Mama Elena, Tita’s mother, has been cruel and ruthless with Tita, causing her great emotional distress. After living many years under Mama Elena’s strict rules and harsh treatment, Tita left her home and went to live with John Brown, a respected doctor. John helps rehabilitate Tita’s tired, lifeless soul, he helps her became a free woman who could do as she pleased and did not have to answer to her tyrannical mother. One day when John is making matches he tells her a theory his native American grandmother had; she believed everyone was born with a box of matches which are lighted up each time someone experiences a strong