%0 Journal Article
%T The Confusion of a Marginal American: The Container Metaphorical Interpretation of Baldwin¡¯s <em>The Discovery of What It Means to Be American</em>
%A Weizhang Jia
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 12
%N 3
%P 1-9
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2025
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1111883
%X This paper examines the metaphorical structure of Baldwin¡¯s work <em>The Discovery of What It Means to Be an American</em> in the light of the theory of metaphors. It argues that the meaning of Baldwin¡¯s article depends critically upon structural metaphors and ontological metaphors of people¡¯s experiences. With the help of these conceptual metaphors, the author finds it is easier to find Baldwin¡¯s contradiction, entanglement, introspection and disillusion which were described in the article. In the article, the author finds that Baldwin foregrounded his works with the preposition phrase ¡°in £« place¡± in the whole article. The construct ¡°in £« place¡± can be easily associated with container schema. This structural metaphor, together with other conceptual metaphors, is in fact a common knowledge for human beings.
%K Conceptual Metaphor
%K Baldwin
%K Container Metaphor
%K Foregrounding
%K Works Interpretation
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/6830148