Task 4 life trhough the metaphor

Students: Yeimi Biyanid Alejo Hernández

Angie Daniela Rodríguez Herrera

Leidy Dayana Rico

Diego Fernando Velasco Ardila

Tutor: virginia Morales Pulido

Group: 132

National Open and Distance University (UNAD)

educational sciences (ECEDU)

english IV

Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Languages with an Emphasis in English

November 2022
 Yeimi Biyanid Alejo Hernández

What is a metaphor?

The metaphor is a way of communicating daily, in our daily speech we use the

metaphor a lot to refer to something examples: what we did there, or as the poet X

said the impulse to find similarities between different types of things. It is

something very basic for people, metaphors are considered not only for poets, they

shape our beliefs, attitudes and actions in ways that we do not even realize.

Metaphors make the world better.

How are metaphors created?

Metaphors are difficult to avoid, they are created from events that happened

A clear example of a metaphor can be: a love breakup, it is clear that it can be a

complete disaster outside of themselves consumed by jealousy or in some way

feelings are being repressed, there are also some metaphors that have become

familiar in our vocabulary that feel literal.

The American linguist George Lakov called the orientation metaphors for the

ideas of ups and downs, money and time health, and here is an example: she is
sick she is aware of the situation he is under my control she was able to overcome

her emotions by dragging his level the conversation Lakov also helped develop the

idea of politically framing the words we choose, which in some way affect the way

we perceive or deal with social problems and help decide what becomes common

sense by accepting publicly.

What is the influence of metaphor on cultures and societies?

The importance of metaphor in cultures and societies stems from more people

who can impose their metaphors on the culture can define what we take to be true

or adapt a well-known example in some way.

 ¨art washes the dust of everyday life from the soul¨

a. I will start by giving an explanation in reference to the metaphor that I have

chosen:

¨Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life¨

Over the years we realize that sometimes life goes by in things that are not

productive and that perhaps we dedicate a lot of time to work that in a certain

way gives us the sustenance of the home but that possibly and in one way or

another It is becoming very routine, very everyday and that the things that we

would like to do we are leaving in a long wait.

Life history:

The year 2019 was the happiest year of my life since I fulfilled one of my dreams

which was to graduate from high school, I achieved it with a lot of sacrifice and

dedication. At the end of the year, everything was going very well. I had registered

on the Seine platform to take a face-to-face gastronomy course, which would end

in a year and a half and I would become a technologist. I had all my hopes pinned

on him. The only thing I wanted was to realize my dream of being chef and one day

being able to travel or set up my own restaurant "dreaming costs nothing", starting
in 2020 they reported the coronavirus as a deadly disease and that it was already

attacking countries in Asia and Europe, this filled me with fear to think that it would

reach Colombia and that I could not fulfill my dream as expected, I arrived in

Colombia at that time when the national government ordered indefinite

confinement to avoid contagion, at that time I was a minor and they did not receive

me at work, so I had to stay at home, to my surprise I did not take the course and I

did not have enough money to buy a computer, pay for internet service or pay for a

university degree .

So, I had to stay at home in this way I learned that I had a very routine life I was

working and doing things around the house day after day and I did not have a

space to be in harmony or be with family and get closer to God the good Living in

the countryside is that at no time was I locked up or in confinement because I was

able to go out, enjoy the open air and nature, I read books, I played sports at

home, I watched movies, I had a lot of time to decide what I wanted to do with my

life.

In September 2020, he reactivated business in the town, it was a pleasant surprise

because he hired me again at work and to improve I got a job elsewhere, from

there I saved money to pay for my first semester at the (UNAD) buy my computer

and put the internet service in my house, thank God he started studying and

working I had to leave one of the two jobs because I had a bad experience with the

boss of the place since she was a very annoying person.

The art of studying and learning in this career has taught my soul what I really want

to be, that I am passionate about English and that in a certain way in the future

when I am already graduated it will help me to pursue a career in gastronomy,

which is what I really want and that will give my life an unexpected turn because I

want to get out of the routine and go to an English-speaking country to improve my

knowledge and my financial status.

 Angie Daniela Rodríguez Herrera

Answers:

What is a metaphor?

The metaphor is that word use for comparing two things that theoretically

haven't body connection. The metaphor helps to transmit a sentence of manner

indirectly changing any words with significant differences, but that share any tear of

the same.

How are metaphor created?

The metaphors are created to start off with three elements: fundamentals:

meaning; that really is spoken, vehicle; the object that is name and fundamental;

relation that to exist between the meaning

and the vehicle

What is the influence of metaphors on culture and societies?

 Through the metaphors you can express very simple and effective messages,

as they are easiest to perceive and tend to stay for more time within our memory.

Through the metaphors we can refer cordially to other people. Also, having use of

them in our daily life we get expressions way clearer and more direct than other

people, had better understand.

Metaphor:

All the world´s a stage and all the men and women are merely players. They

have theirs exits and their entrances. William Shakespeare

Each stage of our life is temporary and therefore will leave a mark and

teachings. In some moments we can be about to give up, but we always find a new

opportunity. According to our decisions we will always have a bad or good

consequence. We are the ones who choose our own path, we own our life, and we

must keep in mind that not everything is forever. On some occasions there will be

moments of great happiness. There will also be others that will fill us with sadness,

fear, pain, and that is where we must take another course to continue fighting.

History
 About two years ago I found that the economic situation was not very good for

me to make some mistakes. A day I was found with a friend that he invited to use

an application that they slow money for a period of time and to very low interest. I

decided to try, I started with a sum less than one hundred thousand pesos. As I

canceled the quantity of the loan, it was increasing. The time came when I had to

withdraw money on other platforms to be able to pay the first. I did not know what

to do, I lost my appetite, I just wanted to go away, and I never turn. The messages

that they came to me every day they tormented me more. The majority of time I

spent crying, I was just thinking when it came to this. I tried to find a refuge in that

friend who recommended them to me, but he only turned his back, nobody wanted

to help me.

One day my mother came to visit she and I realized that I was not getting

enough rest. She thought it was because of the work, I wasn't able to tell him what,

I was happening. One day I was where a friend nearby with whom I managed to

vent a little. I told her about the situation I was going through, she told me that she

had no money to help me, but that I should take refuge in God. I asked his

forgiveness, I approached him, and only there I managed to find the solution. I was

covered in strength; I called my mother, and I asked him to come home because I

had to tell him something and I needed his support. She did not hesitate for a

second and a few hours later she arrived. I told him what I had done, first of all she

scolded me, but above all she showed me his support. She lent me the money and

asked me never to do that again. She helped me realize that I almost lost my life
because of my bad decisions. Sincerely of this experience I learned many things.

As much as I think that everything is going wrong, I must analyze the situation and

the consequences and then make a good decision. Also, that I have confidence in

my mother that, despite everything will be the only one who will be in our bad

moments.
 Leidy Dayana Rico:

What is a metaphor?

A metaphor is known as the poetic image of a sentence. It consists of a change of

meaning between two words or terms to express a relationship that gives it certain

characteristics, which share some similarity in meaning to substitute one for the other. In

other words, it's about naming something after something else to create an analogy between

the two. We can use it in literary language (especially in poetry) and also in everyday life,

since it allows what people say to have more power of understanding than direct speech,

because it reveals some clearer examples.

How are metaphors created?

In general, a metaphor is understood as a rhetorical image of language that consists of

three elements: Who is really speaking (tenor)? The summoned or named object (vehicle).

and the relationship (basis) between two expressions.

What is the influence of metaphors on culture and society?

A metaphor is a cognitive process that allows us to build cultural models of reality to

interact with other people, then reflect and interact with our actions in the world. Metaphors

appear as a unit that builds everyday language and are created as tools for understanding

concepts, reasoning, and the construction of new fields of meaning. Children may seem
ideal for metaphors, but age has nothing to do with it. Everyone's brain receives easy,

practical information and creates internal connections that process it more efficiently.

The meaning of the metaphor

"A good conscience is a continual Christmas." Benjamin Franklin

This metaphor refers to the tranquility that reflects the performance of good deeds that

build a healthy conscience. In this way, we can obtain calm in our lives. Christmas is peace.

It generates happiness, pleasure, and well-being. It is a season of reflection that is similar to

the act we must do to keep our conscience clean.

Experience of my life

In my life, I have had several experiences that have questioned my conscience.

However, they always instilled in me that conscience was the best pillow and that

taking care of conscience is one of the most important things because it never escapes

from it. My life was not easy. The relationship with my family had deteriorated. My

brother was aggressive for as long as I can remember, and he always treated my mom

and me very badly. I decided to report him. He was in jail, and my family turned their

back on me. They didn't help me and they kicked me out of the house. This generated

insecurities and resentments that, until recently, I realized that I had not been able to

overcome. I was 18 years old when I started working as a teacher. That was always my

dream, and I wanted to make a change for my students, but it had been bad for many

months because at work and in my personal life were going too badly. I had no
patience, I was irritated, I didn't trust people, and I felt constantly sad, thinking about

everything I had to go through and how lonely I was. I never thought about how my

past traumas were affecting me in my current life. I began to work on myself and my

conscience so that I could feel calm and satisfied with who I was. I was able to free

myself from incessant thoughts that did not let me get anywhere, that did not leave me

alone. And so I was able to change my situation, my way of seeing life and its value. I

learned that self-awareness definitely had a great weight in my life. Each one decides if

the weight will be negative (hate, fear, sadness, resentment) or positive (happiness,

tranquility, and pleasure with oneself), because it depends on whether you can live or

not in peace.
 Diego Fernando Velasco Ardila

What is a metaphor?

Metaphor is a comparison that serves to establish a connection between two

parts, it means that, when there is something that is difficult to explain, you can use

a metaphor to help others understand you.

It is used to refers to something using differents words but these meaning the

same thing.

- How are metaphors created?

Metaphors are created from the following elements:

The subject that is really being discussed is called Tenor, the element that is

named is called Vehícle and the relationship between the two terms is called the

foundation.

Also we must keep these steps for its creation

Functional definition

Identification of the user's problem

 Metaphor generation

Evaluation of the metaphor

- What is the influence of metaphors on culture and societies?

Metaphors are of great importance in the different cultures of the society, we all

use metaphors in our daily lives and in our personal relationship, metaphors were

born many years ago, civilizations in the need to communicate needed to say

things in a different way.

It is also something that has always been in our thoughts and that we express in

words.

Language is part of social life, and new forms of language emerge in the

communication between different societies.

So metaphors influence society too much because it is a way of communication,

and human beings will always have the need to communicate with other cultures

for their growth and development.

However, there are also people who think that metaphors are more a resource

of extraordinary language than of common language.

 -"Conscience is a man’s compass". Vincent Van Gogh

A).

First of all, I will explain the meaning of the metaphor.

Throughout our lives, human beings live moments that remain engraved in our

memory, these memories are part of our conscience, and it is said that experience

is our best teaching, then our conscience from the experience is the compass that

guides us to do things in a better way in the future.

B). As for the story, I remember that about six years ago I lived a moment that

was perhaps one of the most difficult, I had decided with a friend named Daniel to

form a micro business selling cell phones, I met Daniel in a company called Virgin

Mobile, we became good friends and wanted to take a very important step for our

lived.

This was in the middle of 2016, we were young men of 23 years old with many

dreams and a lot of want to succeed in life, so we started our project by saving

money and we would also borrow money to complete the total investment.

When we had the money. We started to buy the materials to build our store,

during a week we visited different places to quote everything we needed, we

bought showcases, tables, chairs, bulbs, lights, and everything we needed to make
our store look great, and then we would buy everything related to sales items such

as: cell phones, tablets, smart watches, glasses, headphones, chargers, etc.

I remember that we started our business, things were going well, we were in

good spirits and we were very happy, but after two months of opening, the

problems started, sales were not good, we had to pay a lot of things and the

money was not enough.

Together with my friend Daniel we tried to keep calm so as not to make things

worse, but the days went by and sales were low, we made promotions of our

products, we changed the place, we brought new products, but after a while we

discovered that the place we had chosen, apparently it was a neighborhood where

there were only a lot of people on weekends.

As a consequence of this we had to borrow money and as things did not

improve we had to close our business, our dream; we learned that it is better to

have patience and plan things better, and then over the years this adventure and

anecdote is the compass when undertaking a new dream, today I think things

better because of due to my experiences and my conscience, I know that it is

necessary to plan, think, and do things well to have a good result.

It was a great experience and a good learning experience.

 Links of videos

Biyanid Alejo

Leidy Dayana Rico: Link of the video: https://youtu.be/C0rTwPRIgug

Diego Fernando Velasco

Angie Daniela Rodriguez

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