Central Tension of "A Story" by Li-Young Li

A) In the poem/short story, "A Story", by Li-Young Li, a central tension begins to form around the father and son. Portrayed by metaphor and foreshadowing, a central tension  rises through the  disappointment the father thinks he is giving his son by not knowing a story to tell him. In this poem, an extended metaphor arises about the story his father can't deliver to his son. This "story" is really the idea that his father can't provide the right ways to bring up his son as a man and his father knows this. In this poem an extended metaphor grows from the idea of the story and how it could also symbolize the teachings a man needs to give his son for him to become a man. The father looks ahead and sees that, "...the boy is packing his shirts". Through this you directly see the tension forming within the man himself that he is not good enough for his son. Also,  an element of foreshadowing conspires in the second stanza with, "... he thinks, the boy will give up on his father". This idea of the boy not believing in his father and getting given up on, wrecks the man on the inside. The central tension of the father not being good enough for his son is backed up in, "A Story", by metaphor, foreshadowing and even symbolism.