The Last spin by Evan Hunter was a rather memorable short story for me. It displayed many literary devices, inclusing foreshadowing and irony, especially at the end.

This short story tells of two boys, Tigo and Danny, who are picked by their gangs for a game of Russian Roulette to settle problems. It is set in the 1950s, when gangs were rather common. Throughout the entire short story, it shows how they both are not quite as they look. They both start off presenting a hard, no-nonsense facade, but as the story goes on and they play Russian roulette they show their more vunerable sides and share their worries about the game and their life. As it goes on they learn more about each other and befriend the other, going on as to stop the game so they could go out with each of their girlfriends. However, the story is not called "The Last Spin" for nothing, and the final shot, when they're sure their luck is secure, proves to be a big blast (literally) of dramatic irony.

The dramatic irony is quite pronounced throughout the entire story. They both are sure that they will always be enemies, but that changes rather quickly. They both think they will die quickly at first, but it changes after a few tries. And ultimately, at the last shot, when they think their luck is great, the whole thing goes off. This literary device was used by the author to create characters who seem more real (breaking what seems to be their real face into what really is there always makes them more real to me) and creates suspense and a bit of foreshadowing (""We could say ... well ... like we kept shootin' an' nothing happened, so ..." Tigo shrugged. "What the hell! We can't do this all night, can we?"..."The last spin," Tigo said. "Come on, the last spin." He grinned at Tigo, and Tigo grinned back, and then Danny fired.").