I enjoyed reading Metaphors to Live By by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. This article really opened my eyes to realize that terms I would normally use on an every day basis were seen that way. The authors found a way to show us that a metaphor is more than just a characteristic of language. I found the metaphorical analogies such as argument is war to be a good point on how we use metaphors without even noticing. “His criticisms were right on point. I demolished his argument.” Saying something like that used to just be what you say when arguing with one another. It’s only after I read this that I actually see these sayings as words also used as if one were to be in war. In the article, the author says, “Though there is no physical battle, there is a verbal battle, and the structure of an argument… reflects this.” I agree with this quote because saying something like, “He attacked every weak point in my argument” or “If you use that strategy , he’ll wipe you out” are words occasionally used in a physical war,let alone a verbal “war”.

Chapter 2, does similar to Chapter 1 with a different metaphorical term, “Time is money.” I’ve always heard the saying time is money but never looked at sayings such as, “I don’t have enough time time to spare for that” as a saying that is a metaphor and related to the time is money quote. Chapter 3 starts off by summarizing what was said in chapters one and two. It then proceeds to explain what a conduit metaphor is. After reading this, I learned that a conduit metaphor is a complex metaphor that turns ideas/meanings to objects, linguistic expressions are containers, and communication is sending. A conduit metaphor is used to show that words or sentences have meanings in themselves. Overall I enjoyed reading and learning from this article.