Little Cog-Burt and Cotton Candy

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  Experiencing two stories that consist of possession within human encounters by the name of "Little Cog-burt" by Phyllis Allfrey and "Cotton Candy" by Dora Alonso. Both stories contain two young protagonists, one being Cog-Burt and the other being Lola. In the stories, I believe both authors wanted the audience to feel for a nurturing sense within these protagonists and the urge to want to help with the situation these characters go through. In "Cotton Candy" Lola is faced with a corrupt society in Cuba that destines her future as a sewer making fabric for a local prostitute yet gains more and more interest in things that have no significance from her homeland economically such as butterflies and "lions and tigers that make ligers"(14-15). However, with time we find her migrating to a San Diego zoo that allows her to see these beautiful animals that bring her that joy that she's longed for all her life. Although she's been protected and isolated with the beliefs of her mother stemmed through the society she's grown into."Lola needed several years to discover the different backgrounds and relationships of the lives surrounding her"(15). Within that time and adapting with working at the Cotton Candy stand she comes across a man by the name of Julian. Figuratively speaking we can take the Cotton Candy to stand as a leeway to her sweet ending to something shes never found easy to pursue which was her encounters with men. Similar to Cog-burst's story when coming across what most of the dark children saw as their "headmaster", Richard and Moira, they found peace in their voices relying on them as Lolas relied on her mother. However, this nurturing nature has a feel of force given that the gifts given for Christmas were only seen as "Patriotic" to the slave owners, until the end, Cog-Burt was pleased enough with receiving the  Christmas doll by Moira. This act shows the empathy Moira has for the child and interest in the Christmas doll engulfing her with a form of love allowing her to share her traditions, the same love that embodies Lola when encountering her interest in the zoo.

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