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Homework #3: What Makes Up an Analogy? Benjamin Chia bchia7@gatech.edu 1 I NTRODUCTION Analogies are often used in literature to draw parallels between two unseemingly related ideas. Each part of the analogy can be represented as a model, and knowledge transfer can occur between the source and target examples presented in the sentence structure. This paper aims to provide an overview of a specific analogy example through developing a source/target model, applying the knowledge transfer, and rewriting the analogy to illustrate relationship transfers developed in the original analogy. 2 ANALOGICAL REASONING The analogy chosen for analogical reasoning deconstruction is a popular quote written by Elizabeth Gilbert, an American author who most notably wrote Eat, Pray, Love - “ As smoking is to the lungs, so is resentment to the soul; even one puff is bad for you.” 2.1 Source Model Figure 1— Source Model Figure 1 above provides a frame representation of the source model, where the 1
source represents “resentment to the soul”, particularly the action of mentally harboring resentment internally in one’s mind. The transfer between the source and model case has not yet been established, so the source model only focuses on the action (resentment) and where the action occurs (the soul). 2.2 Target Model Figure 2— Target Model Figure 2 illustrates the frame representation of the target model, where the target case is the act of “smoking to the lungs.” As this is the target case of the analogy, the representation of the relationship occurs in a literal sense, where the analogy focuses on how “e ven one puff is bad for you.” This relates only to the target case before knowledge transfer has occurred, where we understand the author is stating that one puff of smoke is bad for your lungs. The structure of the source and target are similar, where there are two discrete parts of each case - an action and an object. Both have the same features in an action and object, but differ in the values used in each part of the target and source case. 2.3 Transfer The source of the analogy focuses on the direct causal effect of resentment on the soul. The author, Elizabeth Gilbert, demonstrates the severe, negative effects of resentment here through the relationship specified with the effects of smoking on 2
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