Sentences with phrase «attraction by conflict»

Parents and youth may defend themselves against awareness of their mutual attraction by conflict and rejection.

Not exact matches

Whether we are liberal or conservative Christians, we must confess that the central problem of our lives is that we are torn apart by the conflict between our attraction to the good news of God's abundance and the power of our belief in scarcity — a belief that makes us greedy, mean and unneighborly.

While many love stories never delve much deeper than the initial attraction and union of two people who must overcome obstacles to finally come to equal terms, The Painted Veil differs by starting out with an uneasy union, with characters that have many conflicting feelings for one another at varying times, never quite able to come to a mutual understanding of what they mean to each other.

Bolstered by Emma Stone's gracefully layered performance, the film's emotional connection comes from King's dueling inner conflicts: the responsibility of carrying the women's game forward and her growing attraction to the tour hairdresser (an excellent Andrea Riseborough).

Ju, a girl who immigrates from Korea as a toddler and grows up in California, is conflicted by her attraction to the American customs and her parents» urge to keep their Korean traditions.

She is stimulated by the sublime, wrangling with the conflicting emotions of fear and attraction, of terror and awe.