Specific film guide analyzes Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel's well-known love story, "Like Water for Chocolate". Students write exclusively in Spanish to practice food/family vocabulary in context of customs and traditions. Two-part film guide is submitted for homework grade(s) and/or used as a reference during our discussion post-film; consider protagonist, antagonist, family relationships, female/male stereotypes, love, food, history, psychology, and magical realism. Guide provides clear dire