So, suddenly I realized I needed to go back over the path we had taken to highlight the great advances we have achieved and to h
elp restore the essential things we lost along the way. I wanted to share my doubts and my culinary, amorous, and cosmic experiences. So I wrote Like Water for Chocolate, which is merely the reflection of who I am as a woman, a wife, a mother, a daughter. Speaking of balanced beings, I must mention someone who is very important in my life and to whom I owe everything that I am: my father. From him I learned about laughter, tenderness, independence, generosity, and the joy of playing and creating. The love and respect I feel for him have allowed me to establish healthy relationships with the masculine world, and it is thanks to his wonderful influence that there is a balance between the masculine and feminine in my work. You’ll have to forgive this boldness, but I think women are very fortunate that men exist! The gods are very wise and certainly knew what they were doing. They created the sun and the moon, light and darkness, the eagle, and the serpent, all for the same reason. They are the perfect complements and the mechanism we use to reach heaven.
Which line from the excerpt expresses Esquivel’s perspective best?
“ . . . I needed to go back over the path we [women] had taken to highlight the great advances we have achieved and to help restore the essential things we lost . . . .”
“Speaking of balanced beings, I must mention someone who is very important in my life and to whom I owe everything that I am: my father.”
“They created the sun and the moon, light and darkness, the eagle, and the serpent, all for the same reason.”
“I wrote Like Water for Chocolate, which is merely the reflection of who I am as a woman, a wife, a mother, a daughter.”
