"Button, Button" by Richard Matheson

[Carnot]

first of all i would like to say that i'm from a christian catholic family and and hyper conservative family, so i don't think that someone would like to gain money by this kind of things. i cannot imagine mr steward come in our house for offering us this opportunity. the first person who will kick him out will be my father. i'm not trying to say that we are rich and we don't need money, but what i'm trying to say is that in my country this kind of thing already happened before. to illustrate, some people involved in crazy stuff such as illuminaties, francmassonery or some kind of devils whorshiper propose this kind of stuff to people. we know that, so that's why we already know that everything like this will be something that we should stay away from. therefore, with all of the certitude in the world i will like to say that nobody in my family will be pushing the button.

[Ngan]

Questions 1: Norma should have learned the word "know" better, instead of losing the one she thinks she has a very close connection without knowing him well.

Questions 2: If Mr Steward came with offer to our family, all members in my family would never accept the proposal. Money is important for real, but it is not the most important thing that we have to do anything without caring to the legal thing or human nature. That is what we are taught by our parents. Especially, my family would consider it is a guilty that receiving money as a reward when searching for died people. As Mr. Steward said, we never know the person who passed away. However, it is still a guilty that is similar to sentence ourselves as murderers. Even though, we may not know that person but the thing is we do hope that there is a died person out there so that we can receive money. My mom would be very angry, may dad would be neglected, and my brother would prosecute the man called Mr. Stewart. In addition, I may look down on Mr.Steward. He is not only a disrespected person but also getting others involved in his sin. My family would throw the box away,immediately refuse the impolite proposal, and ask him get out of our life or else our family would call the police for further investigation about the bizarre. In general, my family strongly deny the box as well as the button offer because sometimes we need other things much more than money such as happiness, health and peace.

[Carnot]

in the article,"button, button" by Richard Matheson, the author tells us the story of a couple who were offered a strange present by a mysterious man from nowhere.

[Wookyung]

Question 1:
Mr.Steward sugguests Mrs.Nomar and Mr. Authern to push the button which can give them 5thousand dollars which is the reward of someone's death and she did that, after right she and her husband get an accident, her husband dies and she is shocked.

Question 2:
The article gives me a good lesson. However I think that most my families will push the button. It is because the situation of the article is unusual. my lovers are the most important presences to me, but it seems that I will push the button. My parents are more sensitive than me and I can't be sure that but my brother and I maybe push the button.
At that day,she was stressed and didn't feel good. The situation led her to being curious for the box and the money. At first, she wasn't interested in Mr.Steward. It is because she thought that he would sell something. She doesn't want to waste some money. When she heard about his explanation, she was a little curious but her husband was not. She hoped that she could get big money from someone's death and would travel for Europe with her husband. She couldn't give up the chance to do that. She couldn't think that a person's death which let her get the money could be her husband. She didn't think at all that wish for bad luck to others to get something could cause her own bad luck.

[Lucynguyen]

one night, when my mom got off from work, she brought a strange box inside the house. My father, sister, brother and me were very curious about that box. On the surface of the box was our name and our address. So my mom decide to open the box. We saw the beautiful dome, and inside it was a button. we wanted to know that what was the button for, but we could not open the dome without a key. Suddenly, the bell door rang,I came to answer the door. when i opened it, i saw a very short and small man stood in front of me. He said he was Mr. Steward, and come to give us the key. He told us that we would receive $15 thousand dollars if we pushed the button. It was not just easy like that, if we pushed the button, someone we did not know will die without our notice. My dad was very angry after he heard the immoral story and asked Mr.Steward to leave and gave the key back to him. before he left. he left us his business card which was his name and his phone number on it. My parents were unhappy about the unexpected visitor with his idiosyncrasy story. Fifty thousand dollars with my family was a huge amount of money, but none of us wanted anyone die because of our jealousy and our greedy. So we decided to throw the box into the trash can, and forgot about what just happened.
Q#1: the story is about the way people think and do, also is about the moral part of human being.

[Van]

1 : disagreement between husband and wife made the husband went to the hospital throughout the story about a man who give them "death button"

2: One day, my family received a box which has a button and a letter from a strange man named steward. My brother was so curious and open the box,he read the letter and said that at 8 o'clock, there would be a man come to our house. First, i thought that was a joke. But when the clock showed 8 , there was a man in front of our door and said that he was mr steward. My brother thought he would be a kind of sell man but mr steward said different.He say about the button,if i pushed this button and someboby in the world will die, and i have to pay his company money. Me and my brother though it was a stupid joke so we said good night to mr steward and returned him the box which has the button. Mr button did not accept the fact, he continued refuse the box, we were little bit angry right then and warned him if he did not stop that silly words, we would called the police. mr steward seemed scared right then and took the box out.My brother and me do not believe in some thing like this button and really do not want to concern with these stuff. moreover, we do not want to get trouble if the legend of the button became true. finally, we saw the news the following day that mr steward had to go to the jal because of his private joke

[Tim]

Question 1: Norma and Arthud received the package with the strange box. After that, Mr. steward came to their house give them the offer " Just put the buttom and will kill somebody they dont know, they will receive fifty thousand dollar" As a result, Norma put the buttom and kill her husband. After that, Norma called to Mr steward why he put the buttom but kill her husband. As Mr steward said that " Do you really know your husband."

Question 2: If Mr. steward selects your family to receive the box, I think that I am the person will go through with pushing the button. For this reason, Mr. Steward gives the offer to us just put the button and kill somebody I don’t know. Therefore, I really don’t care who will kill since the person I don’t know. Also, fifty thousand dollars is pretty much for me to do many things I want to do. To illustrate, I will use this money to buy house and car. For this reason, fifty thousand dollars is not that easy to earn and get it, so why don’t I put the button and get the fifty thousand dollars. Moreover, I am the person who is very curious for any very special and magic things, so I want to put the button. In contrast, my parents would be opposed it to put the button because they are the person who don’t believe it so easy to get the free meals. For this reason, they always think that if you will receive the huge money just putting the button that is so impossible. They think that if you receive the huge money you should do something or pay something. For example, exchange life, exchange your age or exchange your luck. In addition, my parents also have experience enough through the world compared with me, so they are not easy to believe somebody offer thing like the example from the story " Button Button". Furthermore, my parents also not the person who are greedy at money because they worry something bad luck will happen through his children.

[Gajin]

Q1. Norma recieved a strage box with a button which made someone die who Norma did not know and give fifty thousand dollars when Norma pushed the botton, and the greedy for money led her pushing the botton and made her husband die.

Q2. One day morning, it was same as our usual morning. My mother prepared breakfast in the kitchen, and my father read a newspaper on the couch. My brother and I really wanted to sleep more and more, but I could hear my mother's shouting. "Wake up! You will miss your school bus." I had to wake up to be on time in the school. My brother was on the bed yet. He seemed not care about being late. I went to bathroom leading heavy body. My spirit was still in my bed. At that time, I heard indistinct door bell. "Who is coming at this time?" I thought and ignored it. When I just finished washing and went out from bathroom, I could notice my family had a discussion about something, so I moved my foot to living room. On the table, there was a small box looks like ridiculous. I wanted to open it, but my mother interrupted me right away.

[HyVee]

#1. Because of power of money, the woman made a biggest mistake of her life when she decided to press the button of the package that Mr. Steward gave her.

#2. If Mr. Steward selects my family to receive the box, I think nobody in my family will act like Mrs.Lewis, no one would choose to push the button.

In the beautiful morning, I woke up early and ate breakfast with my wonderful family. Suddenly, I heard the door rang and then I stood up and walk forward the front door and opened the door. When I opened the door, there is a mailman who gave me the small box and said that someone sent it to my family. When I brought it to the table and said with my parents about what was happening for a while, my parents and my sisters did not understand what it is. However, we had not opened it yet. Until the afternoon, it was just my mom at home, someone called my home phone, and my mom answered it. The man said that there was a button in that small box, if my mom push it, my mom will receive $100,000 and someone who my mom do not know will die. And then, he hung up the phone. In the evening, when my family had dinner, my mom told the story and everyone in my family very strong disagreement with that idea. And We forgot about it. And nothing happened with my family.

[Lucyliu]

A #1 Norma and Auther were told a story by Mr. Steward about a mysterious box that if they push the button on the box they will get 5,000 million dollars while someone they don't know will die; however,due to Norma's curiosity, she press the button which lead to her husband's death.

A #2 If Mr. Steward selects my family,in my opinion, my younger brother may push the button because he may think that 5000 million dollars is really a big number, and this money can help our family greatly. He may think that it is not really crucial if one person ,who is not related to us, will die.Although the story maybe not real, our family member can't accept a person's innocent death. In addition, i think i would strongly oppose pushing the button because i think if the story is fake, then we will not able to receive 5000 million dollars. If the story is real, i don't want to kill a person even if i don't know he/she.I like to earn money by myself and i think this box is really scary for me. Another family member who will opposed this idea is my dad. My dad is really a scrupulous person, he always do things really carefully and think alot before he makes a decision; therefore, he would not take risk to do crucial things, and he even don't want to receive a great amount of money which can be gotten by no efforts. He rather make many efforts to get money and support our family than take a risk to kill someone. In conclusion, after my family get that mysterious box, we will return it back or throw it away and won't do anything related to it.

[Fiamma]

Question 1. Its all about a woman that carelessly kill her husband because of money.


Question 2. If Mr.Steward brought the box to my familiy, first we will all be excited, then when we hear the main information of the box, my mum will be the 1st to throw him and the box out. after that my dad will leave the sitting room. I will support my mum on her decision, because it is all murder even if we do nt know the person. My sister will go out and bring back the box and try to push the button. not because of the money only, but also because she likes trying new things to see how they work and if they work.

[Samrurng]

Question# 1: The story is about how well people know their people such as their family.

Question# 2: In supposition, if Mr. Steward selects my family to receive the box, my family will response in both nagative and positive ways. First of all, my sister who always scaries the things that look strange will deny pushing or involving it in any way. Moreover, she might also get Mr. Steward away because she does not like any strange person who comes to our house. For example, one day, a salsman came to our house and knocked the door, then, my sister said to everybody in the house,"Don't open the door for him because he might be a robber." Suddenly, she stepped forward the door and shouted," Go to the way you come from." However,in a positive way, my brother who likes trying a new thing or something strange will push the button.In this case, although he knows that if he pushes the button, someone may die,I think that he still do that because he desires to prove the word of what Mr. Steward said is true or not. Furthermore, although he has to pay an amount of money,he will not pay. Therefore, if my family encounters the such events, we might have different decision to manage the mysterous box because of some of our family member.

[Julie]

- Maybe i will be the person who would want to go through with pushing the button in my family because i do not belive in magical things, so i am just curious to know what will happen if i do it. I am sure that my mom would be opposed to it because she never wants to hurt anyone.
- One day, my mom received a box and a note that told a person would come to visit us. In the evening, a stranger came to my house with his mysterious offer. First, my parents thought he was a seller who wanted to sell some things. After he introduced himself, my dad welcomed him to come in the house. They talked about the box with magical things. He gave my parents a key and said that if we open the box with this key and push the button inside it, a magic will happen. Someone in the world that we did not know them will die and we will receive fifty thousand dollars for doing this. My dad is a person who never belive in magical things. Thus, he did not believe whatever this man said. He offered the man to get out of the house. However, this man left his card into the table before he left. Then, my mom talked to my dad about this mystery. My dad did not believe in this story, but my mom did. ALthouhgt she believed this stranger, she did not want to push the button becasue she never liked to hurt anyone. I heard their conversation and feel curious about this. I wanted to know what would happen if i push the button. Next, i connected to that man without my parents'permission. I asked him to give me the key. After my parents went to work, i opened the box with that key and pushed the button. I saw nothing happen then. But i heard that my aunt just had a baby. Anyway, i did not receive any money from that.
- Summary the story: The woman got money from her husband's death because she thought she knew him, but she was wrong.

[Alaa]

Question 1:
summary of this story:
A dilema between chosing to win some amount of money in returen to accept someone's death .
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Question 2: IT was a quit evening when my father was opining that little box . “what is that?” I said.
He gave me that small piece of paper, and I started to read it. while I was reading it he was telling me about that guy visit this morning (Mr. Steward). The first word I said was “ok, let’s try!” then My father looked at me as I was laughing.”What are you laughing at?” He asked me. I said “and did you all believe that someone will die if we push this little button” my mom answered “that’s why Mr. Steward said try it and you’ll see, at least you are not going to lose anything , instead , you are going to win that big amount of money” then, I said “so what do you thing ?” my mom said “ I won’t expose any person to danger in order to have the trash of life ‘ money ‘ “ , that was my feeling too , I’m sure I will dream of people dying because of me if I do it , and this won’t let me alone for the rest of my life. the next day, my father called Mr. Steward to come to our home. When he came my father asked him “can we chose the one we want him to die “Mr. Steward answered “No you won’t know him at all, but who do you want him to die?” my father hand him the box and said while he was leading him to the door “ I want you to die Mr. Steward, and it wasn’t nice to meet you , good bye “