Question 3

How would Tita's life have been different if John accepted Mama Elena's request to send her to the mental institution?

Tita's life would have been different because she would have to find another way to pleasure herself besides cooking. Tita would also have to find a new interest or hobby in order to occupy herself. Tita would have also might have met people that she would remember throughout her whole life both in a good abd a bad way. But what if the mental institution were soon convinced that Tita wasn't the crazy one and Madre Elena was the one that brought up this whole mess? Would would have happened to Madre Elena? What would have happened to the ranch and would Madre Elena be still there to take care of it? What I think would have happened if this actually occured in the book is that Tita could either take two possible paths: Either go back to he ranch and live there alone or there might be a small chance that John would take Tita in. The ranch might be in family possession, but they wouldn't put the ranch in Tita's hands. Two reasons: The Mexican revolution was going on and the Mexican soldiers would od anything to get what they wanted, and two the governement and culture wouldn't approve of resting the property on the shoulders of a young women. MAdre Elena would take Tita's place in the mental institution. That's what I think would happen.

--Katie