The Pin By Chris Cutcher Summary

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In the short story “The Pin” by Chris Cutcher, Johnny never sees eye to eye with his dad. His father always tries to make him the best at everything he does, and especially the best wrestler. His father expects a lot from him because he was a star wrestler in college. Some of the reasons for making this story enjoyable to the reader are when Johnny’s dad makes him do push-ups, when Johnny pins his father in the wrestling match, and when his dad apologizes to Johnny. Since Johnny and his father never really see eye to eye, he can not even get away with talking about the wrong things while his family is eating dinner. Johnny starts talking about how he and some other people were going to make a situation comedy about a talking horse,