Student Metaphors of Themselves as Writers talks about the different metaphors students use, telling about thier writing skills. This includes Metaphors of Process and Speed, Metaphors of Fear and Courage, Metaphors of Control, and Metaphors of Silence. This article claims the struggle of students as writers and how they have to overcome their fears, weaknesses, and stuggles as writers. This relates to the overall thesis of the article which was to have students write metaphors about their images of themselves as writers. Most of these writers as we can tell had a bit of a struggle.