In Gabriel Marquez's story "One of These Days," the author portrays a dentist and a mayor in a corrupt South America (circa 1960). Aurelio Escavar, a clean, humble, and experienced dentist yet without a professional diploma. The Mayor, however, is a very aggressive, oppressive, and power abusive person. The story begins with the Dentist refusing to let the Mayor enter his office, then the Mayor threatening to shoot him, and lastly the Dentist pulling out the Mayor's tooth without anesthesia due to the fact that he hates the Mayor with a passion. During the debut of the story, the reader would think that the theme of the story is the power of hate, but through analysis they would realize that the true theme is the contribution that the mood, setting, and structure play in creating tension in all aspects of the story. Firstly, the mood creates tension in the story. In fact, a negative mood is created at the beginning of the story. Imagine the Mayor of your town in front of some dentist's office shouting, " If you don't take out my tooth, I'll shoot you!  (Page 108) It might seem like a typical joke, but in reality it is not. The author intensified this negative mood by using a serious and morbid style of writing which lacked humor and irony. Secondly, the structure also creates tension in the story. By the use of small precise sentences, the author gives the reader limited information. This is a good technique because it can even create tension inside the reader's mind that is trying to reflect on what is happening. Gabriel Marquez did not give the Mayor any name, just a title! There is no need to name the Mayor since he is recognized by his title and his attitude, he is the superior man with power and ammunition and he could be any Latin American in the 1960's with power and superiority. The above adds to the build of tension in the story, yet the Author adds something else: ending this short precise story shortly after the clima