Pygmalion vs The Duff
The aspect of becoming impeccable and flawless can be quite fascinating to our generation, having this feature found in novels like The Duff and Pygmalion bring us to a feeling of self satisfaction knowing that there is no "ideal" person. In the Duff, a 12th grader named Bianca Piper had a jock, Wes reveal to her that she was a social outcast. Specifically, he showed her how she was a Designated Ugly Fat Friend (Duff) and a person that caused her friends to appear with a greater attractiveness by comparison. The feelings of depression and dissatisfaction brought her into yearning a self-transformation. As a result, she sought guidance from Wes on how to extract the "Duff-ness" in her, and create from that an ideal person.…show more content… In The Duff, Wes tried to assist his friend Bianca by giving her a makeover and boosting her confidence. By doing this, he learned to appreciate her, and suddenly began to fall in love with her. Similarly, the devoted misogynist Pygmalion had created a sculpture to show how all women should be like. After devoting all his time to perfecting his statue, he started admiring her features and began to fall in love with her. In this prospect, both Wes and Pygmalion fell in love with their new creations. Additionally, Bianca imperfections are rather recognizable on account of her dorky and nerdy ways; yet that didn't stop Wes from liking her. Likewise, it is quite noticeable how Galatea was lifeless and soulless when Pygmalion fell in love with her, and difficult to understand why Wes fell in love with his duff and Pygmalion fell in love with his statue. On the other hand, they both add to the feelings of self-satisfaction and hope that they provided us. It gives us hope that it a heartless figure like Galatea, and an dorky “duff” like Bianca could find love, then so can we. As a jock it is common to fall in love with cheerleaders and models, however ugly fat friends are not quite in that category. In a like manner, for a misogynist it is uncommon to treat a woman with care and gentleness as Pygmalion did to Galatea. In addition, misogynists are not romantic like Pygmalion was, he gave her little gift and
