Tension

Tensions are high. Tension between political parties. Tension between races. Tension between religions. Tension between those in authority and the people. Tension between our presidential nominees: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Tension between red states and blue states. In fact tension seems to be everywhere in the world today! For the Christian, this unmistakable tension can bring great concern, unsettling worry, and sleepless nights. The follower of Jesus may be asking: "What if the wrong

The tensions of the Civil War are very much still alive in the Southern United States one hundred and fifty years after the Confederacy surrendered to Union forces to end the war. While the tensions may have mitigated away from full-fledged war between North and South, there still remain tensions along racial and cultural lines well beyond the war. In Tony Horwitz’s Confederates in the Attic these long standing tensions left over from the war are delved into by Horwitz as he makes his way across

First, tension is created in “Confetti Girl” because the narrator feels that she’s being neglected. The narrator feels as if her father’s books are more important to him than herself. For example, the passage states, “He might say I matter, but when he goes on a scavenger hunt for a book, I realize that I really don’t” (26). This piece from the story passage creates tension because the narrator feels that she doesn’t matter. Because the father has to go on a scavenger hunt to look for a book every

In the story, “Monkey’s Paw”, the author shows mystery and tension. The paw is a dried, mummified monkey’s paw that had a spell put on it. The spell allowed you to have three wishes, but the wishes would not always happen the way you would expect. The first part of the story unfolds at the White’s house. The author W.W. Jacobs tells each story with a bit of mystery and tension. For example, Jacobs opens the scene with the wind howling and blowing against the house. This causes the reader to expect

There’s Tension, But Why? All you have to do is turn on the t.v. and you can tell there’s a lot of racial tension, it has always been there, but now there’s one difference, the media. The media is playing a huge role in the tension surrounding racial discrimination, by spreading it everywhere. Now that the tension’s there is there any particular race or culture or maybe a community that has the spotlight? Could there be groups or people making it worse, would the media play a role in this too? Have

the style of your game, you should pick a string and tension that is suitable for your game. String manufacturers usually have ratings of different string characteristics at the back of the string package. Pick the items that are most important for your game. String tension affects the playability of the string as much as the string itself. The general rule of thumb is that the harder you can hit, the tighter your tension can be. A higher tension rewards a hard hitting while

Tension in the Twenties All major societies throughout our world's history have experienced periods of major change. Tension inevitably arises as a result of the new environments in which the people live. Our country is no exception, especially through the era known as the Roaring Twenties. Just being another decade on the timeline was not good enough for the 1920s. When its brief turn came, it had to be the biggest, the loudest, and the brightest. A calamity gave it birth, and a calamity

Due to their unique position in a sector that is not purely public or private, nonprofit organizations are forced to deal with various tensions. In order to gain and maintain the public trust, it’s important for nonprofits to address and try to limit any tension in their operations. Since nonprofits must earn their status, they need to be careful with their actions in order to maintain it. If they have a reason to, the IRS has the ability to take away an organizations status as a 501(C) or another

After World War II, tension was brewing between the United States and the Soviet Union. Both were two of the strongest groups after the war. The Soviets controlled Eastern Europe and The U.S. in Western Europe, both were aching to take control of each other. To show its power, the U.S. sent two of the first atomic bombs to Japan. This caused countries to have need to create new technologies for power. Countries were trying to create agreements between one another, causing more tension. Many events led

In the short stories Wells creates tension (a sense of expectancy) by using: personification dramatic irony and vivid imagery. Many of these techniques recur through the stories and there are also certain values and moral viewpoints which are frequently referred to. Many of the values Wells expresses through his writing were advanced for the times that he lived in. Tension in Well’s stories is initially created through titles in both the “Redroom” and “the Cone.” Unlike “Treasure in the Forest”