Pygmalion Entry 2

I was very excited to find out that Eliza had finally become a lady. She worked so hard and went through a lot to get there. I'm still sort of confused as to how she won the bet for Mr. Higgins though. I think it was because he said he'd turn her into a duchess and her being mistaken for a royal meant that that is exactly what happened. But Mr Pickering said that she had won the bet "ten times over" so does that mean that people not believing that she was just a simple flower girl meant that she was just outstandingly lady-like? All I know for sure is that Mr. Higgins is more of a jerk than I thought at first. After the party he was just talking to Mr. Pickering about Eliza like she wasn't even there, saying things like, "Thank God it's over" and "The whole thing has been a bore." Basically he was just saying that if it hadn't had been for the bet, he wouldn't have cared about Eliza at all. To him she was just his assistant's helper, and to me, that's really messed up. This girl endured a lot to help you out and in the end you didn't even care.

By the end of the book it seemed like everyone turned against Mr. Higgins, including his own mother who let Eliza stay with her one night. Mrs. Pearce even let Eliza go because she herself never got to. In the end Eliza rebelled against Mr. Higgins and didn't do what he had planned for her. She ended up falling in love with a person who was below her, which I assume is what she wished would have happened to her when she was poor. She also ended up leaving Mr. Higgins home to be on her own, which I think is what he deserved. If you treat someone that badly then you can't expect to get what you want. Its the simple rules of Karma.

I find that this book being called Pygmalion is actually very ironic. The original story of  Pygmalion is about a king who falls in love with a beautiful statue who he eventually marries. In this story the creator is much less than what a king should be and his creation ends up resenting him and leaves him. I think if you know the original story, the irony adds a bit of humor to the book and gives you a better understanding of why the book is titled what it is.