“Button, Button” is a story written by Richard Matheson. It is about a couple that found a button lying in front of their home. They were told that a press of the button will result in a reward of 50,000$. However, a slight side effect of the button would be that one stranger in the world would die.

This story shows some really interesting internal conflict told through the conversations between the couple. While the husband believes that this type of action in immoral and offends him, the wife seems quite intrigued by the idea of receiving 50,000$. “What would you like to do? Get the button back and push it? Murder someone?”“what’s the difference whom you kill? It’s still murder.” These are just some ideas the husband brought up. Through the uncertain tone of the wife’s sentences, we can see that she is in conflict with herself about wether pressing the button is wrong. The wife still pressed the button, thinking that the money was going to be used for the both of them, not knowing that the person dying would be her husband.

The black background shows how confusing this story can be. This story is very mysterious with how the button works.