The power of social and familial pressures is demonstrated through first person narration in Judy Budnitz’s short story “Tin Man”. After his mother suffered a heart attack and was in need of a new heart, Arnie was pressured into giving up his heart by his aunts, his friends, and by doctors. He was initially reluctant, claiming that it was a crazy suggestion and asking his aunts if they wanted him to die in order to save his mother. However, he eventually gave in and donated his heart after being pressured by family and by friends. His aunts called him selfish and ungrateful, claiming about…