Metaphors are used very commonly in today’s world, but most people do not notice them. They are in everyday conversations, on tv commercials, used when speaking about stocks, and on the radio. It is a way to communicate with all ages, but they also have the power to change the way someone looks at it. Geary talks about how Elvis is the kind of music. He uses metaphors to describe his loves in his songs. On the other hand, Michael Erard is a metaphor designer that metaphors can shape the way that we think and talk. Khullar believes that they use military metaphors in medicine. Geary, Erard and Khullar all have their own views on metaphors and the affect they have on us. Each writer had a unique piece, but one thing each piece had was how metaphors create another language and how they change the way people think.
Metaphors are a way to perceive the body, experience sickness and pursue health, which Erard, Geary, and Khullar each have their own place within their beliefs of them. Metaphors are commonly used, but did you know “We utter about six metaphors a minute” (Geary,1). Geary uses an example of Elvis writing love songs about his girlfriends using metaphors. Khullar believes that metaphors were used around the word’s “battle” and “fight” from the military to describe medicine. Lastly, Erard is a metaphor designer which he believes that believes metaphors can shape the way we perceive them. Erard, Geary, and Khullar all have a different way of how we perceive our bodies, but they also have ties that connect with one another related to perceiving our body, experiencing sickness, and perusing heath.
I think both of your introduction paragraphs are great! One thing I would be sure to include is your view, I feel like you do a good job of explaining Khullar, Geary, and Erard’s views on metaphors but I feel like I don’t fully know what your personal take on metaphors are.
I love the thesis in the second introduction paragraph, it really helped me understand how you were going to focus around the idea that metaphors are useful in health and the body. One aspect that I feel like could be stronger is that I feel like you focus too much on the broad view that all the authors take, I feel like you should list each author and write a quick reason why you believe their ideas on metaphors affect health and the body.
I like the way you listed some places where metaphors are used but we don’t think about everyday, I think this helps the reader relate and realize the truth in that statement. One thing I think could be stronger is your transition between the Geary, Erard and Khullar statements because it seems a little choppy – you could try relating them to each other somehow in between the sentences!