Monday, August 13, 2012


The picture above is Alfred Doolittle before he was a bridegroom.

ACT V. It's not that big of a surprise that Eliza ran away. She gave warning signs the night before when she asked what she could take with her. Why is Mrs. Higgins not telling Henry that Eliza is at her house? Does she want her son to go on without his experiment? So, Mr. Doolittle doesn't know about his daughter missing. I can't believe that he didn't know Eliza had gone missing! The police must not have posted stuff for her search yet. How can Mr. Doolittle complain about earning three thousand a year? Now he has more money for clothes, food, and family. I know that Higgins paid Mr. Doolittle so he can have Eliza, but I think she should chose who she wants to continue her life with. It would be in her best interest to return to her family because Higgins doesn't treat her very well. I like to see that Mrs. Higgins is being straight-forward with her son; that's exactly what he needs. I am very surprised that Eliza has the manners she has. It's amazing that she is very polite, but doesn't swear like Higgins. Eliza needs to realize that she isn't just an experiment. She's more than that; Eliza is a person. She can't think of herself as a squashed cabbage leaf because that's what Higgins says about her. Eliza needs to block Higgins out of her mind. It was very nice of Eliza to compliment Colonel Pickering like that; she was exactly right. Those kinds of compliments would have made my day. That was really rude of Higgins to mock Eliza! It's sad that he doesn't have a bit of respect for her. How many wives has he had now? Is this the sixth? I can't even remember because he had so many! It's a good thing Higgins wasn't invited to the wedding; he would probably make an unnecessary scene in front of everyone. I know Mr. Doolittle was paid for his daughter, but he can't let Eliza go back to Higgins. It's not right! Higgins and Eliza being alone probably isn't a good idea. Who knows what Higgins will offend Eliza with this time. Pickering should adopt her as his daughter, not Higgins! If Freddy makes Eliza happy, then he shouldn't call him a fool! Freddy is probably the nicest gentleman to Eliza, other than Pickering. She should marry Freddy if that's what makes her happy. It would be really funny if Eliza went into the phonetics field to Higgins' rival. I loved how Eliza told Higgins he could buy his own things. The book ended on a good note when she stood up to him.

Epilogue. The epilogue was really boring and long. I didn't like reading it to only find out she opened a flower shop and married Freddy. I wish it was just a few paragraphs simply saying she was happily married with a thriving flower shop.

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