Tortilla Soup: Leticia Naranjo

Leticia Naranjo is a conservative religious woman who lives with her father and her two sisters. Now you would think for an older sister, she would have a life but she doesn't. She a school teacher, with no boyfriend, no kids and not a spontaneous trait in her. The only thing that anyone knows about her is she a christian and she loves Jesus. The author would make Leticia more outgoing and more womanly, but since her sister have the looks and the men, the author choose a different attitude. Her mother die and her father lost the taste for good food. The author made Leticia like a blooming rose. As each petal peels back, Leticia opens up to her family. When each of her sisters at dinner reveal secrets about moving out, Leticia was growing more independent within herself. Why Leticia hide her true feelings?

Knowing the character from the beginning of a book or a movie, the watchers/readers would love to see drama unfold itself through the character's life. It makes the story more vivid. Seeing each detail and action, many people could relate to the story. In the beginning of the movie, Leticia was about her seriousness, organization and Jesus. But when she and her sister loosen up in the kitchen and broke dishes, I could see Leticia opening up. She met a baseball coach who at first sight she fell for him. From the fake love letters to the make-up, the author made Leticia into a romance hunter. She dresses up and made the attempt to get what she wanted. She pushed all of her insecurities aside and made the move. Even though the letters was fake and she embrarrasses herself, she didn't care. In the beginning, Leticia wouldn't wear a dress or make-up; she neither would follow her mind nor kiss Orlando at her job, in front of everybody.

The conservative and shy Letica is now becoming open and comfortable with herself. She found and married love, which was Orlando and she started living life.