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What Is The Theme Of The Last Spin

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In Evan Hunter's short story “The Last Spin” from the point of view of an omniscient third person we can see that the character Danny shows the theme that people can develop trust in each other even when they dont expect to. From the stories third person point of view we can see the thoughts and feelings of the character Danny, a young teen in a gang set somewhere in the 1950s, is put in a tense situation by his gang where he is put in a cold basement playing russian roulette with Tigo, a member of the opposing gang,to settle a truce that was broken by Tigos gang. Leads to it being a situation where two opposing gang members who start to trust each other, trust in this case meaning free from suspicion and see that the only thing that is different …show more content…

Danny then replies with, “Sure we can” “Sure we can! Why not(10). At this point in the story Danny has started to develop a connection with Tigo with them finding out that they both have some things in common earlier in the story like how both of them feel the same way about being in such felonious gangs we can see this when Danny asks, “You like any of the guys on you club?”(7) “They’re okay” Tigo replies “None of them really send me, but that's the club on my block, so what,er you gonna do, …show more content…

“You got to stick with the club. Don't you?” Tigo then says “Sure, sure… hell yes”(8) From the three quotes we can see that both boys and have started to create a strong enough assurance in one another because they decided to have these conversations and feel more comfortable that they are willing to basically plan an insurrection against their own gangs and leave them just to become friends knowing that they could be putting themselves in danger because them being friends from rival gangs could end up with the two of them dead, as it could be seen as them betraying their gangs. Another point in the story that shows this, is at the beginning of the story's rising action, When they finally start playing roulette with Tigo shooting the gun first and passing it to Danny ,the narrator then states, “Danny put the gun to his head. He wanted to close his eyes,but he didn't dare,Tigo, the enemy, was watching”(10). The author's decision to make the point of view of the story third person omniscient allows the us to know what Dannys thoughts and feelings were in that moment and throughout the rest of the story and at this moment in the story we can see that Danny has not yet developed a strong enough connection with Tigo to see him as anymore than an enemy and a untrustworthy person to him. In the end Danny's decision to eventually trust Tigo after communicating with him and developing a trusting relationship with him even though

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