“Metaphors We Live By” As suggested by Lakoff and Johnson in Metaphors We Live By‚ “Concepts govern our everyday functioning‚ down to the mundane details” (Johnson‚ 1980). What I found interesting while reading this article is that Metaphors We Live By gives us examples that demonstrate metaphors used in everyday language. Lakoff and Johnson explained‚ our culture has significant influence on how we use metaphors; where we as Americans see arguing in terms of war‚ they want to get the high ground
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Did you know that we consume one-third of our life sleeping? Or‚ that we change from periods of deep sleep to periods of light sleep about five times during the night? Or‚ that we only dream during the period of light sleep‚ which is usually around morning hours? Not even the most prestigious scientists know exactly why people dream but there are a few explanations in the works. Scientists have proven‚ though‚ that on average people dream three to five times during an eight hour sleep. There are
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“We cannot live without facebook” We rely on our relations to continue in existence. Communication is the building block for our sense of self. Why am I here? And why are you here? That’s because we can see each other and grasp completely who we are. Facebook is a social networking website that allows members to share personal information and opinions. In this era‚ certainly‚ it is impossible for us to live without internet. Facebook brings together several online tools and acts like
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Police officers who participated in using excessive force‚ many times did not face any consequences‚ and when they did‚ their charges were very minimal. In his article titled‚ “Must We Live With Police Brutality‚” David Jones uses insight from the Chairman of the Public Safety Committee‚ Sheldon Leffler. Leffler states‚ that “’the department has perpetuated a police culture in which officers may be emboldened to conduct themselves in
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Debate: Are We Free Within Society? One can never be completely free within society. Society places demands and forms what people do and even what they think and feel. In order to survive in society people must conform to what is acceptable‚ this is not freedom. Further constraints are placed on members of society because of gender‚ race and class differences. True equality can never exist‚ and therefore neither can freedom. One of the most powerful things contributing to conformity in society is persuasion
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Why Do We Pretend? Alison Gopnik reveals the core of human nature- our unique ability to use our brain for imagination‚ something she refers to as counterfactuals. In her essay‚ “Possible Worlds: Why Do Children Pretend?” Gopnik discusses “the woulda-coulda-shouldas of life”(163) in great detail expanding on her point “ human beings don’t live in the real world”(163). Her argument is that our lives are consumed by the alternate realities that run simultaneously with the real world events. Gregory
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How and why do we age? Ageing is ’The process of growing old’ [1]. This is known information to almost everyone that as we age‚ we show more signs of ageing such as wrinkles or age-related diseases. However‚ the reasons for this is still not fully known and consolidated‚ which is why many theories about ageing exist and scientists are still currently researching this topic. This essay will cover well known theories and biological phenomena on the topic of ageing with critical evaluation in answering
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Why do we sleep? Time is money. But every day we spend 8 out of 24 hours to sleep. In such a busy world we live in‚ those precious 8 hours could be spend for a lot of things. However we are all acknowledge at some point that sleep makes us feel refresh. After a good night sleep‚ we are able to concentrate better and feel happier. The difference between sleep makes us feel better and not having sleep makes us feel terrible explain why sleep might be necessary. Until today‚ despite our advanced technology
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“Why Do Black Lives Matter” Analysis Of Quote Step 1: According to Anthony Bradley‚”In the current crisis‚ we are left to reduce some of our neighbors to depersonalized nouns: “suspect‚” “thug‚” “criminal‚” “felon‚” or “cop.” This type of depersonalization is the gateway to dehumanization because it gives us permission to suspend the requirement to treat people with dignity‚ even if they have broken the law”(1). Step 2: In this quote‚ what happening is that Anthony believes that we as american define each
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Where I Fit I may not look like an undocumented alien‚ but until the age of 18 that’s just what I was. When the pundits began to tear into undocumented immigrants last summer‚ using terms like "parasites" and "criminals‚" my first reaction was to bury my head and turn off the TV. I had worked too hard since my own illegal Mexican border crossing 30 years ago‚ at the age of 8‚ to blow my cover now. I had assiduously cultivated myself as an American‚ reading the right books‚ sporting "the Rachel"
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