Metaphor Special Assignment #1

Why we use metaphors could be for different reasons because you want to make your point easier to understand to your audience or because you want to prove a point without facing the consequences. An example in history could be a person did not agree with what was going on in the government, but because they fear the consequences of going against status quo they could write a pamphlet or book with metaphors. By doing this they are proving their point but at the same time can hide behind the metaphors if the government read the pamphlet or book. An example in literature is the novel Animal Farm. I read this book in high school and the whole book is a metaphor for Bolshevik Revolution. It is actually a perfect example of metaphors because the author uses the metaphors to hide behind what he really wants to express and also at the same time by adding metaphors in he makes it easier to understand. The definition of a metaphor is the comparison of two unlike things. An example of that in EDM310 is we are trying to compare education and technology which people believe are totally two unlike things. In reality though just like a simple metaphor of "love is a rose," when you see the two words love and rose separately you think they do not go together, but when you pair them you suddenly make sense. That is the same with technology and education when you hear them as two seperate words they do not seem to go together, but when you see it in action and how students react to it it suddenly makes sense.