“Might she have suffered less at the end if she hadn’t felt compelled to try one more drug, determined to soldier on?” Complicate: Khuller starts asking what if’s, which are notoriously dangerous. It is impossible to go back and time and having regrets will never help you move forward in life. Of course, there … [Read more…]
When I first read “See through words” I was very critical. I was stumped by the literal meanings of some of the metaphors such as, “a paintbrush is a kind of pump” (Erand 2). I wasn’t a fan of a metaphor for a metaphor, the comparison to a room, and I even was stating … [Read more…]
This article provoked a lot of different thoughts while I was reading through it. Erard mentioned how it takes time to get used to metaphors, saying “English is like a bottleneck” versus “English is a bottleneck.” I can relate to this, and my struggles with metaphors back in 6th grade. I originally thought it sounded … [Read more…]
This encounter with Geary was a lot more personal and thought provoking than when I watched his talk. The first time, I understood what he said, but only thought about the surface of what he was saying. Some of the details went in one ear, and out the other. Taking my time, annotating the … [Read more…]
