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Teitiyette and the Devil was a short story about a young girl who ended up marrying the devil for his looks. She still wanted to be with him even after she found out what he really was. Her mom tried telling her, but she still did not listen. In the end the devil had eaten her whole, and her brave brother saved her. Cotton Candy was about a girl named Lola who was a prostitute and went from man to man. She worked at the zoo, and mating season drove her crazy. Lola did not marry because of her mom. When her mother died she could still feel her presence there, so she still did not settle down. These two stories have a lot of similarities, because Teitiyette and Lola have a lot in common.
Teitiyette and the Devil and Cotton Candy both were mother stories. In Tetiyette and the Devil Tetiyette did not listen to her mom when she tried to tell her who to marry. In Cotton Candy Lola's mom controlled her love life, and did not want her to marry. In both of these stories two mothers wanted to have control over their daughter's love lives. Also, in both stories the girls pretend to be fancy. Teitiyette thought she was too good to marry a pig or goat. She wanted to be high class and marry someone with lots of gold, money, and jewelry. Lola dressed very fancy and acted high class even though she was not. “Laden with adornment triplicated by her anxiety-necklaces, old ribbons, rouge, long rhinestone earrings-showing off her small feet, she would go to dances where few men asked her to dance”(14). Lola dressed really nice and fancy or no reason, because men did not want to dance with her. In conclusion both of the stories had different messages. The lesson Teitiyette learned was every thing glitters is not gold. Meaning just because the devil was flashy and looked wealthy, did not mean he was a good person. Lola learned that she did not have to go around from men to men.

Sources:
Esteves, Carmen C., and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert. Green Cane and Juicy Flotsam: Short Stories by Caribbean Women. Rutgers University Press, 1992.
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