Through the usage of dialogue, the author of “Tin Man” displays to the audience how familial pressure can impact relationships and a person’s own life choices. We first see this when Arnie is talking with his aunts “For shame! After all your mother has done for you! Do you even love her!”(Budnitz 2). The author uses this harsh dialogue to show how Arnie’s aunts manipulate him with guilt, playing on his love for his mother in order to give up his heart. This manipulation is further shown later on after the procedure is complete “Oh you're such a wonderful son!” which then divulges into “how…