Angie Rodriguez

P.2
Mr. Phillips

The use of metaphors in general became more used in our conversations with
different figurative meanings but at the same time people cant understand these
metaphors because the majority uses the logical sense. Such metaphors can create
conflicts with the different perspectives of each person since all people do not use
metaphors daily, but the reality is that we use metaphors to describe things with
feeling, more emphasis or determination. I agree with Robert Frosts perspective
because it is clear and the concept that metaphors are already part of our language
and have been incorporated to evolve our way of communication.

Metaphors are not an easy component of communication, it is like finding a new

interpretation of the words we commonly use. This special use of metaphors creates
as a new language a little more realistic and detailed, that would produce a clearer
vision on metaphors. However metaphors are not something that we learn easily, we
arent born knowing metaphors: it is like an education that life teaches us. According
to Robert Frost, Unless you are at home in the metaphor, unless you have had your
proper poetical education in the metaphor,(98) He also writes, You are not safe
anywhere (98) According to Robert Frost, metaphors are like an education of life,
because nobody tells us how to use metaphors it is something that we learn when
we understand the meanings. I agree because metaphors are being used in a new
way, creating words with a double meaning. This new figurative sense has to be
deeply contemplated by all, because we arent free of metaphors. Basically
metaphors are more essential in our style of communication, with such importance
that we use them more deeply. Metaphors end up becoming a more concrete and
coherent idea that contain different superstitions, because metaphors have as a
detailed belief that is not always true, but at the same time they maintain order.

When a concept encompasses metaphors, the meaning about what we say can
change and we are not completely sure about other people, if they understood our
perspective. The use of metaphors has been transformed, we are not aware of the
confusion that we can create for each other by not using metaphors in a correct way
because we are not very clear about its strength and its weakness, we dont know
when it could be a good time to use them, although metaphors are something that
we should understand. He writes, The metaphor in its strength and its
weakness(98) You are not safe with science; you are not safe in history(98)
Sometimes the author refers to metaphors as a path without end, a place that you
can not escape, something you can not hide as if it were something inevitable.Which
are correct because for me we can not pretend to live without metaphors; they are
the ones that give us a different genius of expression. If we do not interpret the
metaphors in their common figurative sense, this could end in an open conflict
because the complexity that exists in metaphors is unknown and we do not have a
complete capacity to use metaphors naturally.

It is something inexplicable, we should try to live with metaphors because clearly

it is something that we cant control. Metaphors are like something that maintains
communication in a symbolic way when we express figurative meanings, but most
people have a wrong idea about them, because they focus on metaphors as
something we can control, however metaphors are based on the different
interpretations that we are able to understand because each person contemplates
metaphors from different perspectives.It is touch and go with the metaphor, and until
you have to lived with it long enough you dont know when it is going(98) It is a very
living thing(99) It is as life itself(99) The author's perspective is clear, I have the
idea that metaphors have their own power over us because when we have some
closeness to the metaphors, they can produce different reactions in each person. So
we can not maintain a security in metaphors, if they are our allies or enemies
because it is based on our responsibility to use them correctly. They are simply like
life itself, metaphors do not have a specific use and are difficult to understand,
because the knowledge that we have about metaphors arent enough, and will never
be enough.

In conclusion, metaphors became part of our language, and I agree with Robert
Frost because we can not pretend to hide and forget that metaphors exist. You can
not escape from reality, and thats not make sense, so we can try to get accustomed
to the use of metaphors, because it's something that will not change in addition
metaphors are a simple way to create a new form of expression that helps our
intellectual develop.