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The purpose of this paper is to examine how a study of literature has a place within linguistic study. It is commonly thought that literary language is beyond ordinary language; that it is something essentially different, special, and higher, with extraordinary tools and techniques like metaphors, an instrument beyond the reach of someone who just talks. The advent of the cognitive linguistics laid foundations for the discussion of metaphor. Lakoff and Johnson argue that metaphor is deeply pervaded in everyday language, thoughts and behaviors, and not just literary language. These cognitive linguists say that metaphor is a way of understanding and experiencing unfamiliar concepts via familiar ones. I raise some general questions of the theory of metaphors; ’cognitive linguistic metaphor theory,’ subject-self metaphor more widely, within the cognitive science of philosophical ideas. Metaphor is a primary tool for understanding our world and ourselves. Entering into an engagement with powerful metaphors is grappling in an important way with what it means to have a human life. I try to analyze the cognitive linguistic metaphoric system of “The Color Purple.” As a result of the analysis, this research suggests that critical thinking in consilience of the studies should raise questions as to our fundamental principles and give them new creative theories.