The author titled the story "Spunk" because that is the name of the main character and because it represents the most important feature for the characters to survive within the story. We can consider that Joe is the most courageous character.
In this story, Joe discovers that his wife is cheating on him with a man named Spunk. This discovery causes a lot of fear, sadness, and uncertainty in Joe. He loves his wife and suffers a lot of criticism for staying with her, even after discovering the adultery.
It takes a lot of courage for Joe to get rid of all these situations that oppress him and he does that with the passage of time, which shows how brave he is.
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