For many decades, we as people have come to criticize every aspect of another's being without knowing the cause of why we portray ourselves that way. In the book of Pygmalion, the play about an English woman despised by society because of her dialect and occupation, is no exception to what many struggle to understand Doolittle tries to sell flowers to a passerby who becomes disgusted with her when she calls a man by name ("Freddy, look where you're going, dead" Shaw 12 Moments later she tries to sell flowers to two men named Henry Higgins and the Colonel Pickering, who turn their backs on her and talk openly about her horrible pronunciation and the way she acted. Throughout the story, the two men help Eliza Doolittle improve her speech and the way she presents herself in public. In doing so, the book shows many transitions of a character's extraordinary growth and the attitudes of everyone around her when she is portrayed in two different lights. Due to the circumstances of the book, conflict, diction, and point of view are important elements used in Pygmalion. George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1856. In 1876, Shaw moved to London where he established himself as an artist. important music and theater critic. He began his literary career as a novelist. He began writing plays to illustrate his criticism of the English stage. A quote that Shaw had always said was (“A fad is nothing more than an induced epidemic. “George Bernard Shaw - Biography”. Nobelprize.org. 15 Apr 2011”). In 1950 Shaw fell from a ladder while pruning a tree on his property at Ayot St. Lawrence in Hertfordshire, outside Lo...... middle of paper ......ed in Pygmalion In conclusion, Pygmalion is a great read on how people interact with someone because of themselves presentation.The diction showed how one can change in one's being and how others can change towards one. It shows the conflict in society and in oneself by examining what one is used to and how one is treated.Finally the book shows that the point-. the point of view represented on one is not always what one sees, but what one experiences. Works Cited Afreen, Haq “A fabulous work by Bernard Shaw. web 11 January 2006 Esther, Lombardi Bernard Shaw”. “Pygmalion”. New York: Penguin Books. 1956. Print Timiko, Michael. “GB Shaw”. Online magazine Mondo e io. World & I, July 2003., Web. Mar. 2004.