Literature Review Examples
Concrete may not seem like a likely tool to be used in today’s architectural designs. It may seem like a cold, harsh, and even cumbersome approach to executing a design. However, the dream of any architect is to not only deliver on execution of their design, but it is to revolutionize an idea and make...
“Did you hear?” Detective Jake Blevins said to his partner, William Benton. “Hear what?” Benton grumbled. It was too early in the morning and the triple homicide from the night before was equally disturbing. He felt Blevins’ joke can wait. “I think we got ‘em.” Blevins answered. Benton swung around. He considered clocking his long-time...
Not so long ago, I had a dream about the whales and told my story to a good friend of mine. She laughed, the same women who laughed at my joke about ants getting blown away by lightening. This time she told me that the story was about a different kind of whale. She told...
Shut the floodgates of my mind Please shut the floodgates in my mind, I need to sleep I need to find, some peace and quiet in my mind. I toss I turn, I ache I yearn for peace to come, for me to learn, to close my mind, relax and breathe it seems so easy...
David was a shy 10 year old boy and for being so young, also very cold. He never really got along with the other kids at Old County Orphanage, although he did manage to make friends here and there. He moved to the orphanage when he was 7; a rough age for kids that need...
Instruments and Impements Flesh …steel…hate; these three. Flesh, soft and pliant, yields before cold unrelenting steel. And yet it is flesh that wields steel. Steel, of itself, has no ‘animus’, no life force or passion that drives it. The blade, or any other weapon formed by ingenious flesh, lacks a will to act on its...
I was born in 1958 and raised in Tallahassee, Florida. It was George Wallace country…. You were alive When I was a child I knew of your torment But still I smiled Surrounded by bigots I ignored your scars We waved the flag But it was the stars and bars While you marched To remove...
The toll for a woman is high She scrapes the ground, but ne’r the sky and always she is wond’ring why the world is so unfair. The time would come, once she had need, When boys would start to pay her heed, and she’d pretend their every deed, was something keen and rare. Then as...
You have just learned that you are a keeper, and you will soon be receiving your first clippers, and cutting lessons. A clipper is something of a necessity in order to trim eyebrows, put in straight lines, make your eyebrows less bushy, and generally improve your looks. It is also somewhat of an art. But...
I have thought things over more than a hundred times and maybe I might have been wrong, I can’t make out if you were right either. And am thinking what if one of us would have swallowed their pride and said a damn “sorry”..we’d probably be riding together till death do us part.. ..promises meant...
From cold forest to warm hearth The forest is dark and cold At five in the morning, I’m told By a little girl wearing a homespun dress, And a gray beret over her curly tress. Her face is dusty as she fetches water in that dark, cold place, Until she meets the man who knew her...
“Come on, Jack; I don’t wanna be late!” June said, beckoning me to hurry my apparently sluggish self out the door. I was rushing or at least I felt like I was. My apparent lack of willpower did nothing to help me get ready any quicker, nevertheless I scurried out to the car. The drive...
When the clerk told him that he is her father. David apologized and nodded, “Sir, I didn’t know that.” Come on, it’s good, then he listened to all the details. The clerk remembered the story of the mother-daughter when she was telling the mother that a girl had grabbed the bottle and then one day...
One stop shopping Lee has created many and diverse items worth, in a sense, “purchasing” (accessing and reading). Here they are all gathered under one roof and conveniently organized for efficient shopping. Lee is always creating more (and more), and they, too, will be brought into the store as soon as they are ready to...
View a Layoff As An Opportunity If you’re breathing, you’ve probably been affected one way or another by the downturn in the economy, especially by layoffs. Whether you’ve been laid off yourself, a friend or spouse has been laid off, you’re afraid of being laid off, or you’re the one left to pick up the...
Snakes for Profit Circa 1930 Today I pass along a story about an adventurous boy created quite a pile of money hunting rattlesnakes in the 1930s depression. That is until his Mom found out! I heard this told from an old-timer, we’ll call him Jack, born and raised in the Denver Metro Area, CO, USA....
We have all heard it before. Power makes people change, but I would argue that power simply allows individuals to become their “true self”. When a person gains a powerful position, they no longer have to fear repercussions or conform to a group. They no longer are in the same social situations has the “powerless”....
Logging and Logging Trucks a Dangerous Job. would you be happy or shocked? Not to worry, I am far from even getting close to one of the most-dangerous machines that are on the road: log trucks. Do not take this as a slam to one of America’s most-important industries, because I am not. I am...
How To Impress A Job Interview Many people are nervous about how to impress a job interview. There is no doubt that this is a time when employers are looking to find a good worker for their company. If you can make an impression on the employer during a job interview, you stand a better...
In this final installment of the action research series for the Master of Art in Education, Adult Education Training degree, the student explored the outcome of the project and offered suggestions for improvement. The action research project lasted for eight weeks with the acknowledged participation of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Brother – full song I don’t have to tell him about my pain Which is grey and dark just like rain. He can recognize it in my eyes Like l already told him about it twice. He would listen to me for hours For me he would burn towers. Only knowing that he is here...
I was out here, alone. Again. Like others, I feel the sea calling out to me. But in a different way, the sea calls to me our similarities. The sea has always been my friend. I have always been a quiet person—serious, you can say. Despite this, I was surrounded by crowd of friends—a five...
The first thing Walt notices when the lights come back on is all of the dust flying around in the air. There is so much of it floating around in front of the spotlights giving them a blurry look. He wipes his face with his left hand as he looks over at Marcus sitting there...
One of My Aunts… What can I say? I believe it was from this particular aunt that I somehow inherited in a sideways manner my sense of humor and fun. I’ve mentioned her before, in my hub on genealogy and determining cousinships and quasi-cousins. This particular incident I know of only second hand, but I...
The threat of attack by greater numbers means Braendings Slange must be steered into the shallows between the isles off Estland Braendings Slange cuts like a blade through the eastern sea to gain shelter of islands when the Jomsvikings are seen ‘What did Gauti have to say for himself last night, Hunding?’ ‘Oh’, Hunding answered...
From an early age, most of us are taught to be quiet while others are talking. This way, one person will not talk over the other and dismiss what they have to say. Not only is it a rule of respect for others, but also an effective way for everyone to share their ideas. In...
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