Thursday 22 August 2013

Favorite Metaphor of Love

What is love? 


         According to most dictionaries, love is most likely defined as an intense feeling of deep affection towards a person or an object. This is probably what most people would say if you asked them, "What is love?". To be honest even I would probably say something like that. But there are thousands, maybe even millions, of metaphors for love. A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. My favorite metaphor for love is, love is a roller coaster. 



          Love is a roller coaster in a way because everyone wants to experience love like they want to ride the roller coaster. If you've ever been to Disney Land or an amusement park there will be hundreds of people lined up waiting for a three minute thriller and those people wait at least an hour or two for that. That shows how much they really want to experience the thrill in a roller coaster. There is a real special thrill when you experience love and it might get addicting. Making you want more and more every time. I remember one day I was at an amusement park in Japan and my friends and I were about to go on a roller coaster. I didn't really want to because it meant we had to wait a while,  but after I rode it, I dragged my friends over to ride it at least two or three more times. This just shows how it is an addicting experience that most people will experience. Same goes with love. There are things people say like, teenage love or puppy love, but that may not be the case for the two experiencing that connection. Love can feel so real to one's self that it might drive them crazy. 



          Love is a roller coaster because there are many different types of roller coasters. There are many different unique roller coaster and that is the same with love. One cannot experience the same type of love and affection to different people. Each connection of love between two people can only be experienced by the two people. This makes it really special for the two. It's almost as if everyone in love has their own unique roller coaster. Many people can ride the same roller coaster numerous times, but that doesn't mean they can experience the same love with different people. It's almost as if every roller coaster is a different type of love you can experience with a special someone. 



          Love is a roller coaster because it has numerous twists and turns or ups and downs, but it always has a smooth ending. The fights that two lovers can experience will represent the ups and down or twists and turns that one experiences and feels during a roller coaster ride. Those are definitely scary. One always feels as if they're going to fall off the ride or get thrown off, but if that person holds on tight for the long ride, there will always be a smooth ending to the fights. When riding a roller coaster and you feel as if you're going to get thrown off, a lover can feel when a fight occurs. No one knows what will happen during the fight, because most just get out of control, but if the two settle down and solve problem there will always be a smooth ending to the fights. 




          Love is a roller coaster because everyone who has ridden a roller coaster still has the memory of that thrill in their minds. Same goes for love. Anyone who has loved and then lost still has strong memories of the experiences that person had when they were in love. The memory might not be good just like if a person didn't like the roller coaster, or it can be the best memory one has. Everyone will always remember their first love. There are some grandparents that might remember their first love decades ago or the other type of grandparents that get all cheesy and say that their current wife is their first and only love. 


Love is an exciting thing to experience. The persons looks shouldn't matter, but how you feel when you're with that special person. Love cannot be fully explained in this blog, but I tried to explain the things I wanted to put. 

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