In John M. Cuningham’s short story “The Tin Star”, one of the prominent themes is that excessive pride leads to misfortune and even death is prominently displayed through the story's narrative and symbols. One way that this theme of too much pride leading to a fall is simply through narrative and plot. Cunningham supports this theme using the plot by first spending most of the story showing how prideful and stubborn the protagonist Doane is. One example of this is when the mayor repeatedly tries to convince Doane to run away from the imminent danger of Jordan(an outlaw who wants to kill…