Using similes, the author of “Tin Man” shows how family manipulation and gaslighting can have a powerful negative impact on a person. Following learning that his mother needs a heart transplant, the protagonist named Arnie begins to be pressured by his family and friend into giving up his own heart to replace his mother’s. At the initial point where it is proposed that he should give up his heart, he calls his friend who also tries to convince him. “She doesn’t smile; she beams. Not like sunlight. Like lasers” (Budnitz 3-4). This simile gives an idea about the influence his friend has over…