Blog 1

Blog 1

This text had many explanations on metaphors that I thought proved to be true and very interesting. One line in the text that caught my attention was “metaphors structure the way we think and talk…” because I believe that to be very true. I think that metaphors help others to understand the ideas and concepts that we have developed. Metaphors can also be a way that we can compare things that have similar functions, which can put a new way of describing something out into the world. Also, metaphors can break things down into simpler terms or they can be as complicated as calculus. There is always a meaning when it comes to metaphors which is why they help to structure our thoughts and conversations. Another interesting part of the text was the question of why metaphors can’t be reversed. Personally, I think that it slightly changes the meaning of the metaphor. An example the text used was “my jail is a job…”, which makes no sense at all. This to me means that someone who could literally be in jail or just have a terrible life thinks that it is their job to live that way. Whereas, if the metaphor was “my job is a jail” means that a person feels like they are imprisoned because their job is so horrible. In a way I guess if a metaphor was reversed it has a similar meaning, but I don’t think that it can work for all metaphors. I  think that metaphors play an important role in language because metaphors can describe ideas and concepts and shapes how we communicate.

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