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happiness, treating others with good manners and equality are important, and pronunciation and terminology can “put you in your place” in terms of class.
Throughout the world’s history, pronunciation and the way a language is spoken indicates one’s place in society. This is quite apparent in Pygmalion. Eliza is a classic victim of being “put into her place” based on the way she speaks. She goes to Professor Higgins in hope that he will give her lessons on how to speak in a more refined. She says she wants “to be a lady in a flower shop stead of sellin at the corner of Tottenham Court Road. But they won’t take me unless I can talk more genteel” (23). This is precisely why she comes to Henry Higgins. He knows quite a bit about the study of speech. In fact, he is a professor of phonetics. He can “pronounce one hundred thirty vowel sounds” and “place any man within six miles” of their homes (15). ...

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he does not quite believe himself. For example, he says, “I’m a pacifist, if you want to know the truth” (26). When Holden is particularly angry, he swears more often. He says “That guy Morrow is about as sensitive as a god dam toilet seat” (55). His inability to properly communicate without have to rely on profanity to express himself shows Holden as a boy suffering from what some might call “teenage angst.” Holden, however, rarely shows his angst publicly. For the most part, he is composed in front of people; especially adults and strangers. If annoyed about something, he manages to say what he thinks in such a polite, disguised way, ...

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