I used the story “Button Button” by Richard Matheson, for my found poem. It’s about this couple, Mr and Mrs Lewis, who are offered this button. When you push the button you gain 50,000 USD, but someone in the world you don’t know dies. Mr Lewis truly despises the idea of the button, whereas Mrs Lewis is curious about it. The story continues showing the external conflict between Mr Lewis and Mrs Lewis whom have different opinions from each other, and the internal conflict as Mrs Lewis battles herself on whether or not she should push the button. My found poem highlights the end of the story where the internal conflict is shown more than the external conflict. I showed the conflict by using bolded words and words that have a colour more likely to stand out from the others. The red shows more of the confliction, whereas the more pinky/peachy colour shows the less dramatic parts of the story. I used different word sizes to highlight the importance of the word/s.

 

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