In the first paragraph of the story “Tin Man,” we understand that the narrator, Arnie, is being manipulated into donating his own heart to his mom. His aunts started the discussion trying to guilt Arnie into giving up his organ. Showing the readers that even those closest to you might not always have your best intention at heart. The theme that sticks out to me would be family pressure. The entire story we see how his aunts persuade him to give up his heart. An example of how they manipulate him would be when Arnie is trying to stand up for himself saying “But what happens to me?” (Budnitz…