Take a stand on this question. Do you think metaphors and other figures of speech are important to explain or or describe an illness or disease. Whether you answer yes or no, explain why or why not. Use two metaphors from the book "Cutting for Stone" and two metaphors from the book "AIDS as its metaphors and Illness as a metaphor" (pages 93 - 183) to support your argument on the metaphors. (Book-Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan Sontang) Thank you.