The last spin is a short story written by Evan hunter. The plot is consisted of two young men who are in a basement settling a conflict between their gangs by playing russian roulette.The short story is mainly formed of dialog between the two characters of the story, Tigo and Danny.
The story start with the boys in the basement facing each other around a table. In the beginning they are reluctant to show any real emotions to each other but as the chances of the next trigger pull being their last they start to bond. They realise that they are not so different from each other and that their gangs are fighting over nothing. The boys tell about their lives and they can relate to each other. When it is Danny’s time to roll the gun for the third time they make a plan to stop after it and if the gangs won’t accept it they would start their own. They make plans to meet the following sunday as Danny pulled the trigger the last time and died.
Due to the storys heavy consistancy of dialog the language what the boys speak plays a big role in setting the mood for the story. It is consisted of colloquial language such as guns being called pieces and various other words that either are still used nowadays or were used a long time ago in spoken language.
Danny asking Tigo to come with him to the lake was a signal that they had bonded in the short time they had known each other. It took him some time because they were supposed to be enemies. Asking Tigo to come meant effectively abandonning his gang.
It is clear that the short story is from a very different time than ours. The boys are driven to being a gang. It probably offered them a feeling of protection and a feeling of beeing a part of something in a time that things could be very rough.
In conclusion the short story is quite good. It has compelling dialog and the mood for it is set very well.