Review of Book - Pygmalion

The word pygmalion effect means that people are influenced by the expectations built on them. In simpler words, it means that people are dependent and have complete faith on what others say. A word opposite to pygmalion effect is galatea effect, which means that people are independent and care on what they themselves think or feel.These meanings have great significance in the book which we come to know later as we read on.

‘Pygmalion’ this book is about a cockney flower girl who is very poor in the field of phonetics. Her dream is to become a lady in a flower shop but to achieve that goal her pronunciation needs improving. Though she was poor, Eliza (the flower girl) goes to the famous phonetics professor, Higgins to improve her weakness. As the story continues, Higgins and Pickering not only pass her as a duchess but also some people believe that she is a princess. In the middle of the book professor higgins started to like and admire Eliza and the story starts to turn amusing.

“I sold flowers. I didn’t sell myself. Now you’ve made a lady of me I'm not fit to sell anything else”

Written by George Bernard Shaw, this play’s humour is enjoyed by many children and adults as well. The main reason I like this book is because of eliza’s pronunciation in the starting of the book and her reactions and exclamations to various things. I encourage you to read this play because all kinds of readers will like it.

“Do you think that eliza was fair with professor higgins at the end ?” Let me know what you think in the comments below.

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