“Pygmalion” is a play written by George Bernard Shaw. It is named after a Greek mythological figure and was first presented to the public in 1913. Having carved his Galatea from ivory, the mythological Pygmalion appealed to Aphrodite to breathe love and life into the statue. After falling in love, the statue came to life, became the wife of the hero and gave birth to his daughter. However, a psychological play and a psychological novel of the twentieth differs from the ancient myth in that it does not recognize formal endings. A realist writer appeals to everyday experience, and from experience we know that life is far from always obedient to our intentions.
Taking the myth of Pygmalion as the basis of the dramatic plot, Shaw permeates it with irony. While the reader or viewer, having believed in the mythologism of the drama in advance, patiently, albeit with some distrust of the new Galatea, awaits a happy ending.
“Pygmalion” has the subtitle “A Romance in Five Acts”, which emphasizes the closeness of the play in its style and artistic objectives to the English realistic prose of the early twentieth century. Meanwhile, this mature, artistically perfect work of the English writer is a vivid example of the genre of “drama of ideas” he himself created. Sometimes this favorite genre of Bernard Shaw is also defined as “intellectual” or “paradoxical” drama.
“Pygmalion” explores how social identity is formed not only through patterns of speech, but also through one’s general appearance. The book highlights the complexity of human relationships, and the interaction between classes. One of the biggest lessons is from Eliza and it is if you keep on elevating and making yourself better in life, it is virtually impossible to return to the way you were. The book teaches us how the upper class ostracized the lower class. Shaw highlighted the errors in people’s ideas of how the lower classes lived and all the social prejudice including views of women and of the poor.
The plot of the work is quite ironic due to parodic stylization, tragedy of the life of society, directed against a spiritually rich person, and the main elements of the play are numerous paradoxes and discussions. Thus, the theme of the work emphasizes the spiritual awakening of people possible through the art of words and creativity. This play has a more social and democratic orientation, being a work about the natural equality of people living in society.
This work is like a psychological love drama, which entailed the hatred of its participants for each other. It shows how carefully people ought to treat all living things, the author tells us about the fear and avoidance of cold experiments on people.
During the writing of Pygmalion, Shaw was particularly fond of phonetics. He believed that ideally correct English speech is possible to change a person’s character and behavior. Subsequently, he donated a large amount of money to compile a new English alphabet, helping to eliminate the line between writing and pronunciation of words. The theme of “Pygmalion” in the minds of Shaw’s contemporaries was connected with the ideas that he shared with all his heart – the ideas of social equality and female emancipation. However, later, having survived the social recipes of its time, this work essentially returned to the mainstream of those eternal themes that originate in the ancient myth. This is a play about how a person in his creation of another person can become like the divine creator.
The play “Pygmalion” tells us how the lives of people can change thanks to the received education. So, the play’s problems are multifaceted. We emphasize that Bernard Shaw was able to highlight the problem of inequality of people in society in his work. The play also has an instructive and educational value related to education. After all, proper education and upbringing plays an important role in the life of any harmonious and self-sufficient person.
After reading this book I have to conclude that it takes more than just talking as a lady to become one. In my point of view, Eliza was able to be a lady, however it is not so easy. It was very complicated to change one’s character or behavior. Even Eliza has just chosen another life with different society. At the end, she has understood that this kind of life is not for her and she just wanted to be happy, to stay the way she was with her kindness.
Uzbekistan state world languages University the third year student of the faculty of English Philology Boboeva Bakhora
There are various greetings in Korea, ranging from gentle nods to bows. When exchanging greetings, actions are as important as words since the behavior expresses respect towards others.
In Korea, people greet each other by lowering their head or bending forward at the waist, and these actions demonstrate respect for the other party. On ordinary occasions, or when greeting unspecified individuals, people exchange nods, slightly lowering their heads. Korean soap operas commonly show scenes of workers entering their offices exchanging morning greetings with gentle nods. When politely greeting one's elder or superior, people usually bow. For example, sales clerks in department stores bow to customers and sometimes people bow to individuals in higher social positions.
There is a type of greeting called Jeol (a deep bow), which involves kneeling down and bowing the head to the ground. This is more courteous than a greeting done standing up. Jeol was more common in previous times of Korean history, but presently it is only done on special days or circumstances. In the past, the deep bow was given to show respect for parents, when leaving for a long travel, or when thanking somebody. However, now it is only performed on special occasions, such as on Lunar New Year's day, during traditional wedding ceremonies, as part of ancestral rites or when newlyweds visit their parents after returning from their honeymoon
Korea's modern way of greeting is the handshake. The handshake came to Korea through the influence of western culture and is usually done in public situations rather than in less formal occasions. While it is generally considered appropriate common between men, women tend to offer their hands first in meetings of mixed gender.
Korean culture has various ways of greeting, and there are some differences with the greetings of the West. In western culture, people usually look each other in the eye when sharing their greetings. However, in Korea, it is considered impolite to make eye contact with an elder while greeting them. As such, it is more appropriate for the inferior to lower their eyes when greeting their superiors. Even so, it is considered polite to make occasional eye contact during conversations after the greeting is complete.
In Korea, people give gifts while exchanging heartfelt greetings on special occasions such as weddings, funerals or when visiting hospitals. People show their affection by giving gifts, which are sometimes in the form of cash or gift certificates. In Korea, the type of gifts varies based on the occasion and relationship to the recipient. Throughout the ages, people shared rice cakes made with red beans with their new neighbors after moving. This is because Korean people believed that the red color of the beans prevented bad things from happening. Sharing red bean rice cakes remains a custom in the rural areas, and this custom is sometimes even seen in apartments in the city.
Safarova Farangiz, 19 years old. Second year student of the Faculty of Korean Language of the International University of Kimyo.
Nowadays it is common for young people to travel to far-flung places to study. This essay will argue that despite the fact that it often leads to financial difficulties, it is far more advantageous to study in places that are far away from one’s parents because it leads to independence.
Young people frequently face financial problems if they decide to enrol in a degree course in a distant town. This is because it is no longer possible for them to live in their parents’ house, and they, therefore, have to pay for their own accommodation as well as utilities and food. This can come as quite a shock for many young people who have never had to pay a bill in their lives. For example, in this country, it is common for young people in this situation to take on part-time jobs so that they can pay their expenses while at university, and perhaps the most popular such job is being a waiter in a restaurant or bar.
The great advantage of studying in a far-off place is that it allows young people to experience what it is like to be independent of their families. In many Western countries, it is humiliating for someone over the age of 18 to have to ask their parents for money and also to not be able to live their life the way they want to because they have to live by their parents’ rules. Leaving the family home allows them to choose whatever lifestyle they want and not be under any influence from their elders. For instance, at universities in the UK, it is noticeable that students who are no longer living in their parents’ houses mature more quickly than those who are still living at home, and this is clearly because they cannot depend on their parents and must instead embrace their newfound independence.
In conclusion, travelling to a distant place to study might be financially challenging for those who have just left their childhood home, but the advantages of being independent far outweigh that drawback.
Shabnam Shukhratova
8th grade student of school 21, Navbahor district, Navoi region. Her creative works have been published in international anthologies. She is the holder of international certificates.
3. My dreams are my life.The most important question is who do you want to be? It doesn’t matter if someone tells you: “It’s impossible.” It doesn’t matter how many such people you meet in your life. The most important thing is that you are the only person who says these words.
Know that even if you are on the right path, even if they step on you, even if you do not move, even if you sit on the road! Don’t waste your life on trivial things. Be interested and strive with your being for something higher than you, higher than your experience. go on, your life is like that.
Every person, without exception, has the power to move towards his dreams and imagination. Every time you allow yourself to dream about something great, you allow yourself to be evaluated, your self-esteem is strengthened, and you allow yourself to be more helpful and proud.
Such dreams improve your self-image. Buy confidence in yourself. They will increase your personal self-respect, internal pride and emotional level. High dreams and high imaginations have a power that enlivens us, inspires us, and encourages us to act faster than before.
for this to destroy your dreams into traps. The first life is a big trap: “Never allow yourself to think that it is over!” Know that if you don’t follow your dreams, no one will do it for you.There is nothing more interesting in our life than walking towards our dreams. The hopes of a person who ignores and forgets his dream will be dashed. People who have not forgotten their dreams stop for a while and ask themselves the following questions:
– Am I pursuing my dream?
Such people know that they can plan their future. They build a decent life for themselves. The more we dream, the more power we have. A wise man said: “People often do not want to believe that they have everything they need to become the person they want to be.” That’s why they get used to what they don’t deserve, and we forget that it is necessary to pay a fee to achieve a dream.
Many times we make many goals in life but we do not try to achieve them. A simple example is that your goal is to study at a higher educational institution, and your biggest dream is to become a mature and good doctor in the future. Now, in order to achieve this dream, first of all, you need to pass the university entrance exams. For this, you need to go to a tutor or take additional classes to prepare for the exam. This, in turn, requires a certain amount.
From this we can see that you have to pay a price to achieve your dream. Therefore, a simple formula arises by itself. That is:
Goal+Payment=Dream
There are different dreams in human life. Small dreams and big dreams. All this is a dream.
I Saida Ismoilova was born on January 10, 2005 in the village of Ovshar Hazorasp district Khorezm region.
Currently, I am a 1st-year student at Berdaq State University.
I am currently engaged in writing books, and I have been preparing to publish my books.
Welcome, readers, to a new year! This time, Synchronized Chaos Magazine focuses on time’s passing, whether that represents new growth and fresh possibilities or the sobering reality of grief and loss.
Regular contributor Channie Greenberg has a new book out, Subrogation, which includes many of the images she’s published with us.
Adhamova Laylo Akmaljon urges people, as much as possible, to maintain a positive attitude while Dilfuza Salomova encourages people to take action on their hopes and dreams. Shahnoza Ochildiyeva reflects on her 2023 accomplishments and comes into 2024 with excitement and hope. Elmaya Jabbarova beckons readers to step forward, away from lingering griefs, into the new loves awaiting in the new year.
Ike Boat broadcasts the news of a spectacular dance show and concert in Ghana.
John Edward Culp illustrates people who connect with childlike innocence, finding and then losing and finding each other again. John Mellender shows heartbreak transmogrifying into inspired creative writing and the beauty of platonic friendship between people of different genders.
Duane Vorhees evokes natural beauty and romantic, sensual, and spiritual love in his poetry and Aminova O’g’iloy celebrates the lush floral beauty of a Central Asian spring. Graciela Noemi Villaverde highlights the singular moment of capturing a rainbow at the dawn of the New Year. Sterling Warner arranges symphonic bouquets around themes: waterfalls and rapids, a woman’s silk clothing, astronomy and cosmology.
Munnavar Boltayeva encourages compassion and unity among the world’s people while Maid Corbic details his personal quest for a world of freedom and mercy. Kristy Raines declares her holiday and New Year and perennial wishes for a world of kindness and tolerance. Jerry Langdon crafts a ballad asking Santa to bring him peace and hope as an adult, while in another piece paying tribute to personal heroes.
Diyora Kholmatjonova finds and claims her identity and self-esteem in a world where people can abandon and forget each other, as Jamshidbek Abdujabborov expresses her human insecurities and hopes for the future.
Michael Joseph comments on the journey through life, as our paths narrow and focus as we age and feel the impact of our choices and circumstances.
Noah Berlatsky reflects on how life goes off in its own directions regardless of our plans, while Devin Rogan probes the stories we tell ourselves and each other about our origins and existence. Bill Tope reminds us that physical and emotional attraction will take its own course, regardless of our plans and thoughts.
Christopher Bernard describes ways to subsume our small human consciousnesses into the larger, ever present Cosmos.
Maja Milojkovic writes of her desire to stop time and preserve a moment with her lover.
Ian Copestick suggests that not everyone needs to reminisce about their pasts and some should happily move forward into the future.
Peter Cherches’ vignettes add some whimsy back to our existence and Jim Meirose crafts a fanciful deck of cards with surreal conversations and images.
Isabel Gomes de Diego comments on the passage of time with photos of small children in front of the skeletons of extinct prehistoric animals. Daniel De Culla renders the trip to the Museum of Human Evolution (Burgos, Spain) into poetry.
Daniel De Culla illustrates love and nature in ways that are at once exotic and commonplace, and also remarks on death through a skeleton’s fanciful trip to the dentist. Robert Fleming “reports” on weather conditions in the Rocky Mountains through a set of photographs that bring up thoughts of climate change, chemistry, nature, culture, and humor.
Mark Young creates synthetic “geographies” of fictional lands that carry their own forms of symmetry and intricacy. Stephen Bett creates new metapoetry by riffing off of existing metafiction and postmodern novels. J.T. Whitehead probes and questions our senses of certainty with his poetry, destabilizing our perspectives and opinions, yet returning us to a sense of awe and wonder at the universe, symbolized by a majestic flock of birds.
Mitchel Montagna‘s poems lament the inevitable losses of our world and our lives, while Mukhlisa Safarova laments love’s losses to betrayal and death in lyric poetry. J.J. Campbell captures the chilly monotony of winter suburban loneliness while Sherova Orzigul laments cruelty and social isolation that can begin in childhood, and Zofia Mosur’s poetic speaker hides herself away in grief, taking solace from the moon.
Gabriel Flores Benard writes of life’s impermanence and our overwhelming universe through the metaphor of stellar death.
Henry Bladon probes our own minds’ shiftiness and confusion, sifting through the surreal landscape many find in our interior. John Grey probes the different layers of our existence, the assorted things, people, and experiences who together shape our identities. J.D. Nelson conveys scenes from everyday life and develops a narrative around a person’s developing bond with nature in the form of an old crow.
Faleeha Hassan’s speaker expresses how she is only a normal woman, not as reminiscent of the scriptural figure of Maryam as the people around her seem to hope and believe.
Adolatxon Shermuhammedova looks forward to the time after death when she believes she will be forever free from sin and temptation.
Brian Barbeito’s poetry expresses how “the world is too much with us” and lets us escape into nature, as Skye Preston recollects a visit to their aunt’s home and colorful garden and Gulsevar Khojamova compares the beauty of her country to the colors of the rainbow. Mahbub Alam writes with grace of his tender love for and intimate knowledge of both the winter and spring seasons in his country.
Meanwhile, Azemina Krehic crafts evocative language on how human bodies and minds adjust to darkness.
Blue Chynoweth illustrates the difficulties of being feminine and vulnerable and dealing with society’s insults to the female body and mind.
Mesfakus Salahin grapples with the question of how to be a good man when visiting sex workers where there is clearly an economic and power imbalance.
Z.I. Mahmud explores the role and social position of women in Victorian times through an analysis of novels by Charles Dickens and Charlotte Bronte.
Mykyta Ryzhykh’s pieces highlight the absurdity of wars, especially those waged by the powerful for abstract reasons, as Aituvova Khurshida outlines the need for and ways to purge Uzbekistan’s government of corruption and Akhmadjanova Muslimakhon urges Uzbek leaders to make rooting out bribery a priority on moral, cultural, and pragmatic grounds.
Odina Xonazarova outlines Uzbekistan’s friendly cultural relations with other countries in the region and the importance of embassies and diplomacy.
Manzar Alam renders his hopes for a more peaceful, socially just, and ethically managed nation through the very personal metaphor of a tiny baby. He wants a better future for the small child, whom he sees as uncorrupted.
Ahmad Al-Khatat reflects on the nurturance and comfort people find in each other in a healthy relationship. Stephen Jarrell Williams illuminates the beauty of a romance between people who find unity despite their differences.
Baratov Quvonchbek translates a poem by Rumi that reminds us that true love requires caring action. Annie Johnson crafts multi-layered morning and evening moments of perfect stillness and communion between people in long-term love and with nature.
Wazed Abdullah sends up a simple, heartfelt tribute to his friends, and the importance of friendship.
As a teacher, Sitora Mamatqosimova relates an experience of encouraging and befriending a shy student, while Madina Abdullayeva reminds us of the preciousness of children and encourages compassion for orphans.
Surayyo Xolmurodova describes the mixture of care and guiding discipline she received from her father and Zuhra Ruzmetova reflects on her mother’s constant care and nurturance. Munisa Narzulloyeva finds joy and comfort in the love of her family.
Eva Petropolou Lianou pays tribute to the mothers of Gaza who are going on with parenting in difficult wartime conditions, in a piece translated into Swahili by Charles Lipanda Mahigwe, a refugee from Congo resettled into Malawi and part of the African Youth Artistic Poetry organization.
Lilian Dipasupil Kunimasa gently encourages people to retain hope, especially at the turn of the year, because one’s circumstances can always change and there is still beauty in the world.
Nasiba Kamalova explores what a person needs to feel happy and suggests that joy comes through contributing to one’s society and achieving one’s goals, rather than just through wealth or comfort.
Behruz Toshtemirov urges Uzbek youth to live up to their ancestors’ ideals, while Lobarxon Bazarbayeva outlines the history and architecture of the Grandfather Sultan Uwais Pilgrimage Complex.
Farrukh Amirov envisions his future literary career reading his own poetry to enthused audiences amidst the world’s despair. Jullayeva Sitora laments the inadequacy of her craft to inscribe the merits of her home country while Shahzoda Imomova reflects on her passion for poetry, developed at a very young age.
Abdunazarova Khushroy celebrates the poetic beauty of the Uzbek language while Lobar sings the praises of Uzbekistan’s centuries of literary heritage and Nigunabonu Amirova highlights the state of the literary, publishing, and journalistic scene in Uzbekistan.
Chexrona Pulatova extols the personal and professional benefits of learning a foreign language, particularly English as a second language. Sarvinoz Mamadaliyeva describes the intellectual growth she experienced through learning another language.
Qurbonova Shakhriyo describes the growing respect and societal support for and professionalization of teaching in Uzbekistan.
Aziza Amonova encourages educational leaders to incorporate and facilitate creativity in the curriculum alongside practical skills, as Shloka Shankar harnesses song lyrics from now and yesteryear to comment on the creative process.
Iroda Bahronova encourages Uzbek children and youth to make their country proud by excelling in academics and sports, while Farkhodova Nodira takes pride in her country’s athletic prowess and urges young people to take up sports and exercise.
Rosiyeva Gulbahor outlines new directions in Uzbek vocational programs while Maftuna Torayeva probes possible new directions for Uzbekistan’s primary school system.
Kadyrova Arofat Abdukarimovna explores the prospects for geothermal energy’s use in central Asia and encourages the development of renewable power. Muslima Najmiddinova points to the possibilities of privatizing oil and gas firms within Uzbekistan’s developing economy. Mashhura Ikromova looks at energy use in heating and cooling buildings and suggests what we have to gain through improved efficiency.
Hilola Hojimamatova explores how to define values in mathematics, and Akmalova Nargiza outlines the mathematical properties of square and triangular numbers.
Omondi Orony’s protagonist describes the complicated relationship he has with his brilliant father, whom he comes to respect over time as he grows.
Maftuna Yusupboyeva reminds us that we can’t expect to be wildly successful every minute of our lives and to achieve things in a moral way even if that takes longer.
This perspective may temper some of our ambitions, but it reflects wisdom and patience that comes through life experience.
We hope you will benefit from the thoughtfulness and insights within this issue.
Cosmos
Then Cosmos spoke:
“I have no end.
I have no beginning.
Nothing gave birth to me.
Nothing will bring an end to me.
I am everywhere.
I am all that was, that is,
all that will be.
I am Eternal Being
and Perpetual Becoming.
I am peace and I am war.
I am hate and love.
There are two roads to find me:
withdraw to the depths of your mind,
the darkness where nothing outside you enters,
and there we shall meet
and be One.
For you and I are One,
and have been for eternity.”
“But, Lord, you say there is a second road?”
“Yes. Look at a stone,
a flower, a leaf, a cloud,
and let it fill your mind
until your self has disappeared,
and stone and flower and cloud
fill you as though you were not there.
And there you will find Me,
and you shall know peace.”
“And when I am weary of peace,
and hunger for thrill and deed?”
And Cosmos smiled his deepest smile:
“Then you will find Me
in flexing body, ingenious mind,
in conquering will.
I am the god of tenderness,
and I am the god of power.
I am changeless stillness
and endless transformation.
Nothing is lost where I am,
nor is there any death:
there is only sleep
in dream’s eternal city.
All things I am.
Everything am I.”
Then the voice vanished in darkness
and silence of the night,
and I listened and wrote down
these words lest I forget.
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Christopher Bernard is a co-editor of Caveat Lector. His collection The Socialist’s Garden of Verses won a PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award and was named one of “The Top Indie Books of 2021” by Kirkus Reviews. His two books for children – If You Ride A Crooked Trolley . . . and The Judgment Of Biestia, from the series “Otherwise” – are now available.
the sun has come out
one crow flies across the lot
& then another
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on the 38
one block from Jack’s Lawson Park
sidewalks lined with tents
—
ol’ crow got sum’n
he takes it up to the roof
of the bus station
—
the year’s shortest day
the mailman knocks on my door
& postage is due
—
without a coffee
I walk back from Circle K
crow caws out hello!
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bio/graf
J. D. Nelson’s poems have appeared in many publications, worldwide, since 2002. He is the author of ten print chapbooks and e-books of poetry, including *Cinderella City* (The Red Ceilings Press, 2012). Nelson’s first full-length collection is *in ghostly onehead* (Post-Asemic Press, 2022). Visit his website, MadVerse.com, for more information and links to his published work. His haiku blog is at JDNelson.net. Nelson lives in Boulder, Colorado, USA.
