Blog Post #5 "Revision of "Little Cog-burt" and "Cotton Candy"

The two short narrative stories were different when applying a mood. Little Cog-burt gave the reader a way of looking at many different perspectives of people in Dominica. Plantation workers were treated poorly and misused. Moira was a female that was emigrating from England and was star struck by things that were in Dominica. Cog-burt was a symbol of a young boy/man that shows the qualities of a worker in the environment that they lived in. Moira overlooked how old he could have been or if he had a condition effecting his body.  This short story shows how some people are treated by how wealthy or healthy they are and look. Moira learns not to overlook physical appearances , and judge people by their financial status.

 
 Little Cog-burt and Cotton Candy also show's similarities were that I feel that both the workers in each story get treated badly through working for less wages, in bad conditions, and when even hurt. Moira is a character that differs from Lola in "Cotton Candy" they both go through a phase in life that challenges them. Moira moves from New England to Dominica where she visits to relocate and try to prepare for a better life for her family. She studies the island and what it has to offer, while taking a huge aspect on the people that live there. Lola tries to make her life more of a dream that will never come true in Havana, Cuba. Through all her family had suffered her mom takes control of her life as a child and she never get to share a relationship with any men she comes by. Leaving her to think about fantasies that she wishes she would be able to accomplish one day. Her mom was the blockade of her life , because her mom was controlling it gives the reader a "what if" perspective.