The characters in the story of Tin Man reveal the hypocrisy behind gaslighting and pressuring those you love for selfish needs and how they can affect a person. After finding out that his mother needs a heart transplant to survive, Arnie’s aunts go on and on about how he should sacrifice his own because otherwise, he'd be a terrible son “And for the first time your mother needs you, you turn your back on her!” (Budnitz 2). This demonstrates that the boy’s aunts result in making him feel bad about not wanting to give up his own heart and die. This makes him feel as though he has no choice…