Pygmalion was a great ruler of Cyprus that enjoyed spending much of his free time sculpting, but he did have one major flaw. He was not able to look past the physical flaws of the women around him in order to find a soul mate.He eventually lost hope in all women and gave up on courting them. He turned to sculpting and sculpted, what was to him, his perfect woman. Pygmalion named his statue Galatea and treated it as if it were living... often talking to it and dressing it in clothes and jewelry. One day Pygmalion decided to pray to Aphrodite (the goddess of love) for a wife just like the statue that he had made. Aphrodite took pity on Pygmalion and decided to help him. Galatea then, to Pygmalion's surprise, became a living woman and eventually married and had a child with Pygmalion.
One character that I wish could come to life is Dean Moriarty from On the Road by Jack Kerouac. Dean was always the life of the party, was spontaneous, and always had a story to tell. Having a friend like Dean would never get boring and would always be an adventure.
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