In “Cotton Candy” by Dora Alonso, there was a young
woman named Lola who sexual desires are not allowed by her mother that won’t let
her grow up and be out on her own as a result of her over protectiveness. Lola would name butterflies after men’s she would
like to be in a relationship with but couldn't have due to the personality of her mother. Lola grows older with her sexual desire and
finds happiness as she watch animals mate at the zoo that reminded her of the times when she herself was young. Once she became an old lady
she herself young again in the mirror with an older black man.
In “Little Cog-Burt”, there was a little boy who cries
all the time. This boy is known as Cog-Burt. He is a small individual and is often seen
as spoiled . He got a gift but did not accept it Cog-Burt wants
a fairy on the top of the Christmas tree. The woman host a Christmas party and
think the fairy is so pretty that she couldn’t give Cog-Burt the ornament. She eventually
gives in and notice the little boy will never grow any larger.
In “Cotton Candy” the story was unclear at the end
weather Lola get happiness from a man or not, but in the “Little Cog-Burt” the little
boy want an item and he eventually get it. Both of these stories begin with
another person not giving them what they want. Lola mother won’t allow her grow
and the hostess won’t give Cog-Burt the fairy. Later on in the story the little Cog-Burt does receives the item he ask for. At the end of “Cotton Candy” saw her
desire as a young woman again with black man but we not sure that they have any
sexual relation.
Lola and Cog-Burt are both shown as unattractive and unable to
communicate their desires and wants. The authors Phyllis Shand Alfrey and Dora Alonso use
the element of being unattractive to show the reader that appearance matters. The
mothers in both story play a big part. One mother was helpful and the other was
to strict.
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