Why can't I create a character using a class?

Question

pygame

from pygame import *
window = display.set_mode((600, 600))
display.set_caption("Шлёпа")
class Flopa(sprite.Sprite):
    def __init__(self, image, x, y,):
        sprite.Sprite.__init__(self)
        self.image = transform.scale(image.load("flopa.png"), (50, 50))
        self.rect = self.image.get_rect()
        self.rect.x = x
        self.rect.y = y
    def update(self):
        keys = key.get_pressed()
        if keys[K_LEFT]:
            self.rect.x -= 5
        if keys[K_RIGHT]:
            self.rect.x += 5
run = True
while run:
    for e in event.get():
        if e.type == KEYDOWN:
            if e.key == K_ESCAPE: 
                run = False 
    flopa = Flopa("flopa.png", 100, 100)
    flopa.update()
    window.fill((250,250,250))
    time.delay(20)
    display.update()

Mistake:

self.image = transform.scale(image.load("flopa.png"), (50, 50))
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'load'

Answer 1

You are using image as an argument to Flopa.__init__,
just change to and instead of
def __init__(self, image, x, y,):
def __init__(self, _image, x, y,):

self.image = transform.scale(image.load("flopa.png"), (50, 50))

use

self.image = transform.scale(image.load(_image), (50, 50))

Also, you have an extra comma here:
def __init__(self, image, x, y>>,<<)