The first three chapters of the book “Metaphors We Live By” by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson state the hidden reality of metaphors in our conventional lives. Poetry and literature works are known for their figurative and metaphorically language, distracting our attention to the use of metaphors we use on our daily lives. A metaphor is the comparison of one thing to another without the use of like or as. This is what I have learned in literature class, never thinking of the actual use I have of metaphors in real life. Lakoff and Johnson have found that we use metaphors not only in language but through our daily actions and our everyday thoughts. One of the examples they state in their book is “Argument is war” not exactly referring to an actual war with weapons but the action of an argument. Human nature is to always try and win against their opponent, trying to make valid and strong points in order to have full control of the argument. Another metaphor we constantly use, especially in the USA, is “Time is money”. I personally use and agree with this metaphor since every minute counts towards your goals. These metaphors can’t be taken literal but the majority of individuals will understand it because it’s pretty much part of the English language or part of our culture.  Lakoff and Johnson realized that we have fallen into such “conventional way of thinking” and speaking that we let these unrealistic metaphors seem normal. For example I use the metaphor “You snooze, you lose” meaning if you don’t work hard enough for what you want, you will be left behind empty handed. From now on I will definitely pay more attention to my speech and take advantage of the beauty of our metaphoric language. This was an excellent read to start the semester. We were able to learn about something we actually use on our daily basis.