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Metaphor of Terrorism

Ganat, George L.

The visual parallel between the planes piercing the World Trade Center Towers and bullets piercing a human head may have inspired “metaphoric horror,” but, as in all of George Lakoff’s “Metaphors of Terror,” this narrative effectively screens out the brutal reality of September 11th: human beings were trapped in those “bullets” and “heads.”

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May 23, 2025