When comparing love to the sun, it has a positive meaning. What about comparing love to cancer? Does it have the same meaning as the sun? Words can make a powerful impact on us, especially in metaphorical terms. We subconsciously use metaphors in our everyday lives. They play a large enough roll in our lives that there is no true escape. However, metaphors may be doing more harm than intended to. I overall believe that metaphors have a negative impact on the way we present ourselves. Through James Geary’s TED Talk, “Metaphorically Speaking,” he explains how metaphors are a factor of how we fail to recognize false sentences. Furthermore, I believe that metaphoric language has a negative look on how we perceive our bodies and personalities. In the article, “See Through Words,” Michael Erard displays a negative look on metaphors because they can conflict with emotional responses. Finally, metaphors can have a negative impact on how we experience sickness and pursue health. Dhruv Khullar presents a view on military metaphors and hospital patients through his own personal experiences and how they can do more harm based on how the metaphor is presented. Metaphors will never leave the human vocabulary, but because of the harm that they can lead to, people should be made aware of their consequences.
Do metaphors have a role on how we perceive our bodies, experience sickness, and pursue health? Metaphors are a large part of the human language. However, every person interprets metaphors differently. Personally, I strongly believe that metaphors can have a negative impact on all of the above. However, since metaphors are different for every person, I do not think should be reduced. It has been taken into consideration that metaphors can sway the way patients’ look at their health. Therefore, people who work in the medical professions should be well educated of the consequences and benefits military metaphors can have on a patient’s health and state of well being. This can help the care providers approach the patient the best with what works for their experience.
I really like how in the first intro you start by comparing the sun and cancer, very interesting and a good hook to get the reader to want to continue reading. One thing that I think would make your new intro stronger is adding more about what we read in the essays, incorporating what Khullar, Geary and Erard said.