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    Metaphors We Live By” As suggested by Lakoff and Johnson in Metaphors We Live By‚ “Concepts govern our everyday functioning‚ down to the mundane details” (Johnson‚ 1980). What I found interesting while reading this article is that Metaphors We Live By gives us examples that demonstrate metaphors used in everyday language. Lakoff and Johnson explained‚ our culture has significant influence on how we use metaphors; where we as Americans see arguing in terms of war‚ they want to get the high ground

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    Metaphors are used on an everyday basis‚ whether it be through music‚ paintings‚ poems‚ and so forth. Sometimes words on their own are not sufficient enough to depict a certain message. Where words can fail‚ visual art possesses the ability to convey powerful messages to an audience. “There is Always Hope”‚ a painting by Banksy‚ presents a single piece of work that can be interpreted in a variety of ways‚ whether they be socially or politically. Through this art piece‚ Banksy illustrates a sense

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    definition of metaphor as‚ “consists in giving the thing a name that belongs to something else; the transference being either from genus to species‚ or from species to genus‚ or from species to species‚ or on grounds of analogy” (Lan‚ 2005). This explanation of metaphor emphasizes on its distinctiveness as being a rhetoric phenomenon or rather a device that is transference from one word to another in enhancing the forcefulness and complexness of the expressions. In simpler words‚ metaphor is a figure

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    Metaphors‚ without even noticing‚ arise in our everyday conversations. Some even enhance our arguments and statements. As stated by Lakoff and Johnson‚ a “Metaphor is not just a matter of language‚ this is‚ of mere words. We shall argue that‚ on the contrary‚ human thought processes are largely metaphorical.” In these few short sentences‚ they explain how metaphors are more impactful than just words in our language‚ but they are a part of our natural human processes. I’ll start by making the comparison

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    Why Do We Have To Die?

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    Sometimes I wonder‚ “Why do we have to die?” Sometimes I question myself and the others around me‚ why are we given one chance to shine in this world? Why not several chances? Why can’t we live forever? These are the questions that vexed my thoughts constantly throughout my childhood. These are the questions that have influenced my thoughts to think in a certain way. When I first dolefully realized that everyone must die and that no one lives forever‚ I was dejected. It was utterly intimidating

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    What Happens When We Die

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    It is equally terrifying or even a death sentence‚ to know the exact hour when you die. Today‚ however‚ with the development of mechanical respirators‚ electronic pacemakers‚ and other medical technologies‚ it has created the possibility of a greater temporal separation between various system failures. A person may slip into coma or lose consciousness a decade or more before his heart and lungs fail‚ for example. Meanwhile‚ interest in the availability of transplantable organs has provided an incentive

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    The King Must Die: Is Theseus to Perfect to be a Human Being? To be considered a human being one must be subject to or indicative of the weakness‚ imperfections‚ and fragility associated with human beings. This definition separates us from any lower being‚ or for this book’s concern separates us from any higher being. Theseus had endured a life that during some times showed to be like that of any human. Yet‚ there were numerous occasions that proved Theseus to be not of human flesh and blood

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    We Must Obey Our Elders

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    Should we OBEY our Elders?? A Photo of an Elder! A Tale of Correction  By Ray Walter Swangkee ― The Colorful Peacock from Angel Ridge‚ Box 305H2‚ King’s Mountain‚ Kentucky 40442 The Divided States of United Lies! My E-mail Address is: theking@alltel.net‚ as in: “The King at TELL ALL‚ dot‚ Network of Truth.” Please Visit the most Beautiful‚ Enlightening‚ and Inspiring Website on the Internet‚ at: www.ThePeacock.com “O my Son‚ no one likes to Obey any Person that he or she

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    Police officers who participated in using excessive force‚ many times did not face any consequences‚ and when they did‚ their charges were very minimal. In his article titled‚ “Must We Live With Police Brutality‚” David Jones uses insight from the Chairman of the Public Safety Committee‚ Sheldon Leffler. Leffler states‚ that “’the department has perpetuated a police culture in which officers may be emboldened to conduct themselves

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    We are progressing in all spheres of life and this constant progress has been rather harmful on our natural resources. It is quite crucial to conserve energy. The conversation isn’t only necessary to decrease a variety of kinds of pollution but also to save the resources for the future generation. As a result‚ we have to conserve energy for the much better future. How will need to we conserve energy? Energy is needed for commercial and non-commercial use. The answer to this question lies in the truth

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