Written in the first person narration, the author of Tin Man portrays how gaslighting and mental manipulation can hurt someone’s mental health, even more, when it comes from family members. Following the traumatic event of his mom being hospitalized from a heart attack, Arnie’s aunts say “ Arnie wants to give you his heart” and Arnie replies “I never said that---” and he cries (Judy Budnitz, p.88) This makes Arnie spiral in his thoughts he begins to cry in front of his mom. The author included this in the story, so we can understand how Arnie is overwhelmed by how his aunts keep gaslighting…