We all have that one friend who always seems to care when they need something. The story Tin Man gives a very real and vivid example of that. In this story, Arnie, the narrator of the story, is being pressured by his aunts to give his heart to his mother, who was dying due to heart problems. The aunts throughout the story gaslight and manipulate Arnie. Telling him “” What your mother wouldn’t do for you…” Aunt Fran goes on. “She’d do anything for you, anything in the world-””(Budnitz 02). His aunts seem to shame him for not doing what they want of him, while they were never willing to do it…