In class, we discussed how analogies can be used to explain something that is not obvious by comparing it to something that is obvious (or you believe to be obvious) to your reader. Please post your analogy paragraph here.
In class, we discussed how analogies can be used to explain something that is not obvious by comparing it to something that is obvious (or you believe to be obvious) to your reader. Please post your analogy paragraph here.
The parable of Jesus feeding the five thousand is compared to the way we should live. It is so true that in giving we receive, and we should not be looking to be on the receiving end, because many times someone else is the beneficiary. That is why it is so important to tithe, because you always see the fruits of your labor. The boy in the parable went to hear Jesus teachings, and as most mothers do, not knowing how long he would be away from home without some sort of nourishment, packed him a lunch for sustenance. As it turned out, his mother’s intuition was right because thousands of people went to hear Jesus and were there for a longer period of time and were famished. One of Jesus’ disciples got word that a boy had a packed lunch and told Jesus, well knowing the kind of person Jesus is he took that boy’s lunch, prayed on it and it increased surmount ably allowing him to feed everyone there and even had leftovers. The same is said to when we tithe, which is giving of our time, talent and treasure; it not only makes the giver feels good about themselves, but the receiver is able to benefit either from the time that is spent with them, learning something new from their talent or financial gain.
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I remember the first time I heard the saying “Life is like a box of chocolates, you’ll never know what you’re going to get.” I do believe that life can be compared to a box of chocolate in a similar way because life is unpredictable. For example, when I was in high school I wasn’t motivated. I never did any of the assignments that were given and I ended up failing ninth grade. In some way, I believe that it had to happen to me in order for me to get back on the right path. Not only did I become more motivated, but I graduated on time from high school. Since then, I also graduated from Miami Dade College with my Associates degree and now I am almost finished at Barry University. Another example is when my father told me that his ultimate goal was to become a lawyer. Everything changed when his grandmother was diagnosed with cancer. He decided to switch his career to nursing so that he would be able understand medicine how to take care of people who were ill. In conclusion, no matter how much a person plans out how they want their life to be, there will be obstacles that aren’t expected.
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Ilene Reply:
November 13th, 2010 at 11:01 am
@Nicole Perard,
First, I want to congratulate you on your achievements. Sometimes it is by us failing or being disappointed that we put more emphasis in what is truly important to us. We should not look at it as a punishment or ourselves as a failure, but look beyond to see what lesson/s we can learn from that particular issue. So never hang your head low, but straighten you shoulders and strive to improve in our lives.
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For many teenagers it is difficult to understand who the authority in the house is. The same thing happens with the adults on the streets. Being a teenager it is a challenging age because they don’t know yet what they want, how to act and the difference within an adult and another teen close to their age. They think because they are growing, they are experiencing changes on their bodies they can be consider adults. They start acting up, making decisions by their own without thinking of the consequences of it. They start thinking that “We” the parents can’t tell them anymore what to do and how to follow the rules of the house impose by us or the rules from society. Here is when the problems starts, when parents start recognizing that the behavior of their teenager is getting out control, out of their hands and something needs to be done. I think the same thing happens with adults recognizing who is the authority on the streets and the rules that we need to live by. Like the teenagers we think just because we are professionals, have certain age and a family we don’t need to have someone to tell us what to do or ignore their rules. When we are out on the streets we have to follow the rules in order to avoid problems, in this case problems with police officers. For example when we are driving we think that we don’t have to follow some of the street rules, because we have everything under control. This is the same way that teenagers think about their parents and their rules from home, for example the curfew time for them, that we set one time and they come at another one because they think that is nothing wrong with it and was convenience for them. It is the same thing with adults when for example see a sign that say “right turn only” and we continue going straight just because we think it is more convenience for us and all of the sudden we see the police officers right behind us ready to give us a ticket, to tell us what we didn’t wrong and probably to ask us why we didn’t follow the rule. At that time we don’t think of what de is doing It is right and start acting like a teenager, acting up; because we think that is nothing wrong by doing that but we have to suffer the consequences and pay the fine imposed by the court. Because this is the ways that they are teaching us that they are rules that need to be follow. The same thing is what we do with teenagers when we punished them by taking all their entertainments away by not following the rules imposed by us.
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Nicole Perard Reply:
November 13th, 2010 at 11:33 am
@Mirtha Rondon, I agree with your analogies. When I was a teenager, I acted like I “knew it all” when that wasn’t true. I also feel that everyone, including adults, go through a phase where rules don’t apply to them and its up to the parents to set a better example to their teenagers.
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Harold Major
11-13-2010
Analogy Paper
Understanding the misconceptions about the making of pearls from an Oyster it may be easier if we compared Crystal Glass making in the early 1800’s. Even though mollusk are all filter feeding creatures; they all live inside a shell which attaches themselves to rocks or some other stationary object underwater, freshwater just as well as salt water; Rivers or Oceans. However, the Oyster is the only living animal who can take grains of sand and produce an extraordinary gem called a pearl. The Oyster produces a pearl similar to how man first developed away over time to turn sand into glass, this is done by grinding sand coupled with the use of high heat from an extremely hot fiery furnace. Similar to how it is currently produced in a town called Stourbridge just outside of Birmingham, England where sand is transformed into crystal glass by first pouring sand into a hot fiery furnace where it is melted down to a liquid first and then poured on to slabs to be cooled by water and molded. The inner shell of all mollusks is as smooth as glass and very colorful.
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Understanding how a woman feels during labor and delivery may be easier when it is given in the form of a parable. Child birth is, by far, one of the most amazing moments a woman will ever experience. Words cannot describe how a woman feels when her baby is placed into her arms. While this can be one of the happiest moments in her life, it can, at the same time, also, be one of her most difficult. Bitter sweet is one way to describe the emotions of giving birth to a child. In the book of John, Jesus tells His disciples: “Verily, verily I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but your sorrow shall be turned to joy,” here He is explaining to His disciples that what they are about to see Him go through will cause them great sorrow, but in the end it will bring about something so wonderful, so too is the joy and pain of child birth. Jesus also goes on to say: “ A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come, but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish for the joy that a man is born into the world, ” this captures perfectly what labor and delivery is like for women
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To understand how a clinic works one may compare it to a hospital. Both of these places are fully staffed with highly trained and educated physicians and nurses. In both of these places people go to seek treatment for several illness including life threatening emergencies. Even though both institutions provide care and have overlapping functions, both places can be compared to as government, implementing polices and making sure they are in place. A hospital has facilities for patients to stay overnight and for extended period of time which clinics are for out-patient treatment. The treatment rooms in the clinic are organized carefully with bed, monitors and other first aid supplies which describes the identical setting in a hospital room. The differences between a private hospital and the clinic will be funding. Even though each of these facilities provide medical care, an ambulance can be compared to function the same, except it is a mobile unit that reaches out to the sick at their location. The ambulance is like a “flyer saucer “that glide through heavy traffic, weather the storm and gets to its destination within minutes.
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Understanding death may be easier if we compare it to being asleep. Even though, it is a very hard concept for anyone to understand death is like sleep, the hope is in our faith in God. I experienced for the first time the lost of a love one when I was an adult, but for a child to lose a father must be a harsh reality like an open space in the heart. Jesus explained death as someone who is asleep for awhile, so being dead in Christ is also like being asleep. Scriptures clearly teaches that after death, man is conscious either in the glory of heaven or in the torments of Hades. Jesus said in scripture, “Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.” 1 Thessalonians 4:13. Death for a Christian is like being asleep and the comfort that one day the dead in Christ will awake. The words of comfort to this child will be of a glorious promise and a peace that passes all understanding, that only faith in Christ will give anyone who has experienced the sadness of death. The purpose of God for us in understanding our sorrow of death is the promise that in a similar way is in the hope when He tells us that through Jesus, God will bring those who have fallen asleep.
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Dina Masso Reply:
November 13th, 2010 at 11:06 am
@Ana del Valle, I love your comparison between death and sleep. I think its fantastic! Great Job!
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Honey and Maple Syrup
Understanding honey may be easier if we compare it to maple syrup. They both can be used in many ways. The great thing about honey is that it’s a natural sweetener. However, honey doesn’t have nutrients like maple syrup; honey is only a natural sweetener. One may have a preference due to its taste and what it’s being used for. As we become more conscious about our health, the awareness of using sweeteners may be substituted. One time people were using sugars in there tea, now its honey. Now that we understand that maple syrup is more nutritious than honey, we might even use maple syrup to sweeten our tea. The knowledge of maple syrup is becoming more popular because restaurants are starting to offer them as condiments.
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Understanding problems may be easier if we compare it to scriptures. In the book of James 1:2-3 states, “my brethren count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patients.” I read this verse seven times last night, because of the power behind it. We can’t go through life without experiencing problems, because it’s a part of God’s purpose, hence why He allows them to manifest. Unfortunately, most people perceive problems as a bad thing, which is why they miss the big picture. The essence it’s not the problem per say, but the growth. We don’t grow when everything in our lives is going smoothly. We only grow when we experience tribulations. If we were to change our perception by looking at problems as an opportunity to grow and learn something, most of us would not hurt, suffer or stress as much.
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Understanding the difficulty of going to school, it is a process, as an example when you take an orange you have to wash it cut, peal and eat It, some of them are juicy, some are not. Going to school it is the most challenging that anyone can do or accomplish, especially when English is your second language, I had to struggle with my accent, and keep on sturdy harder every single day, I could relate to every adult who are raising a family and going to school at the same time. Life if not easy as long as you put the effort on it will get sweeter like that orange.
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