Blog Post #3

In the book “ Green Cane and Juicy Flotsam” there are two stories that I will be discussing from the book. The first story is ‘Little Cog-burt,’ and the second one is ‘Cotton Candy.’ I will be conversing about the similarities and differences between the two tales.  These stories all have significant meaning and background to them that show a different aspect of life. However, each story has been passed down from generation to generation which makes these stories unique in there own way, but they also have a similar relations to each other. With this in mind, there are a few similarities between ‘Little Cog-burt,’ and ‘Cotton Candy.’ The first similarity is that the author of the stories is that they are both women, and they both write novels. The second similarity is that the stories both follow after traditions in the story ‘Little Cog-burt’ the mother, Moira cuts her hair every Christmas to make a fairy doll for the tree.  In particular, in the story, it states “In England, the same thing happened every year. Moria says  “ Cut off a few inches of my hair” (page 6).

Similarly, for the story ‘Cotton Candy’ the tradition is that Lola's mother was strict with her just like her grandparents were with Lola's mother. In particular, the story mentions that  “ The monotonous years, for her repetitions of frustrationsons renewed desires, killed her grandparents and uncles, and forced her relatives to emigrate” (page 14). Also, this shows that all of her ancestors had to suffer, and she has to, too because her mother is following traditions, but Lola does not want to continue on the same path. The third similarity is that in both stories the authors use nature. For example, in the story ‘ Little Cog-burt’ the author uses poinsettia trees as a form of nature. However, in the story ‘Cotton Candy’ the author uses cubalibre branches to relate to nature. Additionally, another similarity between the story is that they both have mothers and families in the stories.

In addition, the stories ‘Little Cog-burt, and ‘Cotton Candy’ has some differences. One difference is that the author tells in the story ‘Little Cog-burt’ the mother Moria she has children who were at boarding school and couldn’t come home for Christmas. On the other in the story ‘ Cotton Candy’ Lola's mother was a strict mother who never let her do anything she wanted and was over barring Lola. A second difference is that both of the stories are written in different countries from different people. The story about ‘Little Cog-burt is written in Dominica and the story about ‘Cotton Candy’ is written in Cuba.

 

Sources:  "Green Cane and Juicy Flotsam." Author Carmen C. Esteves and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert. 

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