The short story picked is ‘’Buttons, Buttons’’. It is about this couple named Mr. and Ms. Lewis, who get an offer to press a button and in return get 50,000 dollars but the consequence is someone in the world dies.
The conflict is Internal with Ms. Lewis is facing her greed for $50,000 at the cost of someone’s life. The first quote is on page 4 and reads ‘’ If it’s someone you’ve never seen in your life and never will see, someone whose death you don’t even have to know about, you still wouldn’t push the button.’’ This quote shows that she is willing push the button and get 50,000 even if someone had to die in the process, this makes Ms. Lewis very greedy. The second on page 4. ‘’That trip to Europe, a chance to buy that cottage on island.’’ This quote from Ms. Lewis shows that is thinks in depth about what she would do with the money, regardless of the outcome of someone dying. When Ms. Lewis says this, it lets us see a more self-centered and egocentric half of Ms. Lewis.
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