Humans possess the power to move mountains and drain bodies of water. We have the ability to literally end all life as we know it essentially bringing the end of civilizations that have come and gone entirely. And yet out of all the physical power we, the human race possesses, nothing really compares to the mental and psychological power we have over each other. Somehow though throughout our normal days we are quite blind to this psychological manipulation and influence going on in society. It’s not until taking a step back and analyze these effects do you really get a true understanding of the gravity of this situation people have put themselves in, many times unwillingly. One of the major factors in this psychological and mental influence are the use of metaphors. While metaphors may seem harmless, thinking back to a high school English class to where you had to analyze a text to find metaphors, this may be entirely false. Metaphors and the use of them seemed to have originated and were really empowered through society. Society has spread these metaphors all throughout aspects of life surrounding with no real escape. Most importantly metaphors create expectations. These expectations can be very dangerous and lead to major let downs. With expectations such fighting cancer as a fight, so just stay strong and work hard. This may be detrimental in a way that due to the psychological stress of being apart of a “war” it takes a toll on a person affecting mental and emotional health. Weapons like metaphors are among the strongest destructors in mental and emotional health.
I liked how you entered the interdiction, you used a metaphors to talk about metaphors. In the introduction you’re explanting the power of human physically and mentally. You’re saying even thou we have all of that power, metaphors are the big factor that we use. I liked how you analyzed you’re understanding of metaphors. you’re saying that metaphors could be dangerous and they could be good, depending how you’re using them in reality. I think you’re trying to argue wether metaphors are dangerous or not and can they be used.