In Little Cog-Burt the family was rich, selfish, and racist. The mother would refuse to give Little Cog-Burt the Christmas Fairy because he was a “dark child”. In Cotton Candy, a young girl is on a journey for self-development from her starved sex life. She finds a beautiful black man who makes her feel young again because she finally found what she’s been looking for. The difference I found between the two stories is racism. Moira in the first story hesitates to give the troubled black child the Christmas Fairy because she believed he didn’t deserve it. Lola in the second story thrives for the sex life so much she scares all the boys off until she is all wrinkled and spots this beautiful black man and doesn’t hesitate based on his skin color. Another difference between these stories is in Little Cog- Burt the family was very wealthy. Lola was not as she was selling fabric dresses from door to door.
The similarities between the two are they both start out not getting what they want and as time passes by they both ended up with what they want. Little Cog-Burt was so upset about getting a ball for Christmas when he saw the Christmas Fairy he knew he had to get it and the mother did end up giving it to him after how sad he looked. In Cotton Candy, she droves men away by her obsession to have sex or marry the guy. With several butterflies representing the men, she wanted she finally found a beautiful guy who worked at the zoo with her.
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