“The truth! The truth! Look, Tita, the simple truth is that the truth does not exist; it all depends on a person’s point of view”(184). I find that what Gertrudis claims here about truth relates very well to the passage above about morals, or what is considered decent and indecent. At this point, she and Tita are speaking of the dilemma Tita is in: that Tita might be pregnant with Pedro’s child. Tita is very distraught about her situation because she is afraid that Rosaura will find out and think that she is terrible sister. As we see, Gertrudis tells Tita that it is not true that she is betraying Rosaura because truth is not determined by one person or in one way. So, thinking of morals in the same way, it seems that the truth of what is right and what is wrong doesn’t necessarily exist either. What Gertrudis says makes a lot of sense when she reminds Tita that the truth could be that Rosaura betrayed Tita in a sense by marrying Pedro when she knew he and Tita loved each other. In other words, the truth of the matter looks different to Rosaura than it does to Tita. All in all, this passage argues that each person can see his or her own truth in any situation.
“She would have to find some way, even if it was an artificial one, of striking a fire that would light the way back to her origin and to Pedro” (239). I feel that this passage relates to what we’ve discussed in class about how one cannot fulfill his or her desire while still alive. It seems that the only way to satisfy such overwhelming desire is to die. Tita’s desire for Pedro is so strong that she burns up all the matches she has inside of her, which almost kills her. Somehow, she manages to temper her desire enough so that she doesn’t completely succumb to it. Though she remains alive, she says that she is incapable of feeling anything because she has just burnt out all of her desire. Therefore, we see how even though desire is deadly to fulfill, at least some of it (some matches) is necessary to feel and to be alive. Because Pedro died satisfying his desire, Tita is compelled to try to relive hers so that she can be with him in eternity. Since she used up her matches, she eats candles and, thinking of Pedro, is able to relight them and experience that burning desire again that will kill her.
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