Characters
The main character of the story. She wants to push the button.
Who is Norma?
What do Arthur and Norma disagree about?
If they should use the button
Learning about characters through their feelings, actions, speech, and thoughts is this element of a story.
What is characterization?
This is the object that the couple receives from a shady man.
What is a button?
The main character's husband. He argues they shouldn't push the button.
Who is Arthur?
Where does Mrs. Lewis hide the button?
In the kitchen cabinet
The main character struggling with herself to push the button or not is this kind of conflict.
What is internal conflict?
This is how much money the couple will receive if they press the button.
What is $50,000?
The shady man that brings the couple the button.
Who is Mr. Steward?
The main character pressing the button is this kind of characterization.
What are actions?
The husband and wife arguing throughout the story is this kind of conflict?
Is it external or internal?
What is an external conflict?
This is how the main character's husband physically died.
What is being hit by a train?
A description of who will die if a person decides to press the button.
Who is someone you don't know?
The main character's husband being upset with her for wanting to press the button is this kind of characterization.
What are feelings?
The apartment that the couple lives in is this element of a story.
What is a setting?
This is where the $50,000 came from.
What is Arthur's life insurance?
The hospital that calls to inform the main character her husband died.
What is Lennox Hill Hospital?
The main character wanting a bunch of material things is this kind of characterization.
What are thoughts?
"Greed can lead to one's downfall" is an example of this element of a story.
What is a theme?
This specific word for how the button works shows the biggest disagreement between the couple. The husband says it's this, while the wife says it isn't.
What is murder?