In the seventh chapter, Chencha goes to Dr. Brown's house and is so happy to see Tita there. To help her feel better, Chencha gives Tita some Ox-tail soup and Tita perks right up from her slump. When Chencha gets back to the ranch prepared to tell Mama Elena a story of what happened to Tita, she is raped by bandits. In a action to "protect her honor", Mama Elena breaks her back. Mama Elena is actually sick, so know Tita must care for her since Chencha is unable to. Unfortunately, Mama Elena dies because she is so paranoid that she won't eat any food that anyone makes her because she deems it "poison" and overdoses herself on medicine. At Mama Elena's funeral, we learn of her frustrating past love life and Tita weeps for her for that reason, not because she died. Meanwhile at the funeral, Rosaura and Pedro come to pay their respects to Mama Elena. Tita realizes though she still loves Pedro, Dr. Brown might be her true love. Therefore, she leaves arm-in-arm with Dr. Brown leaving a very envious Pedro behind.
The setting of this chapter was in Dr. Brown's house, Mama Elena's ranch, and the church graveyard.
This chapter is in this book because it gives us another perspective of Mam Elena, a girl with a tragic love story. We see Mama Elena in a new light as to why she became so cold and bitter.
The bedspread in this chapter was actually not mentioned, but from what I conclude Tits is no longer really "hoping" for Pedro, more she is trying to move on with Dr. Brown. The absence of the bedspread could represent the "absence" of Pedro from her thoughts and heart.
-Ashley
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