I chose the story Button, Button written by RICHARD MATHESON. The conflict in the story is an internal conflict which is person vs. self. The conflict is about Norma fighting against her greed for the 50,000 by indirectly killing a person. In the found poem, I included two pieces of evidence, the first one which is about the trip to Europe by using the 50,000 earned by killing someone. This is Norma’s thought about if she pressed the button which will kill someone and getting 50,000 to buy a nicer apartment, a nicer furniture, nicer clothes, a car. This can show how Norma is greedy and wants money in a crucial way. The second piece of evidence is when Norma questioning herself, “Should I push it? Murder someone?” This can show how she really wants the money but also have the kindness to not kill someone. This means that her different opinions inside her are clashing; the greed for the prize that will probably change her life, or the kindness to not murder anyone. Since only one can work out so she must pick one which resulted the ending of the story; kill or not kill. In this poem, for each sentence, there is a reason why Norma doesn’t want to press it and one to press the button. For example, “Push-button beside couch, push it? Murder someone?” Also, throughout the poem, “push- button” is in nearly all sentences which made this poem even more intense.
I chose the story Button, Button written by RICHARD MATHESON. The conflict in the story is an internal conflict which is person vs. self. The conflict is about Norma fighting against her greed for the 50,000 by indirectly killing a person. In the found poem, I included two pieces of evidence, the first one which is about the trip to Europe by using the 50,000 earned by killing someone. This is Norma’s thought about if she pressed the button which will kill someone and getting 50,000 to buy a nicer apartment, a nicer furniture, nicer clothes, a car. This can show how Norma is greedy and wants money in a crucial way. The second piece of evidence is when Norma questioning herself, “Should I push it? Murder someone?” This can show how she really wants the money but also have the kindness to not kill someone. This means that her different opinions inside her are clashing; the greed for the prize that will probably change her life, or the kindness to not murder anyone. Since only one can work out so she must pick one which resulted the ending of the story; kill or not kill. In this poem, for each sentence, there is a reason why Norma doesn’t want to press it and one to press the button. For example, “Push-button beside couch, push it? Murder someone?” Also, throughout the poem, “push- button” is in nearly all sentences which made this poem even more intense.