Comparing Chaaricters Throttle Button And Vacuity

Science Fiction is a mirror in which we see ourselves. By combining fantastic and realistic elements, Science Fiction writers raise questions about our own world and human ethics. In both "Button Button" and "Vacuity" the charicters struggle to find a balance between saving themselves and saving another. This raises more of a question of selfishness, and how selfish the human race is. Even though they have many differences, both works offer insight to how selfish modern day society is and how different people deal with this selfishness.
In "Button Button", the couple receives an unknown box that has the power to reward them $200,000 once the button is pressed under the condition that someone they don't know will die. In theory, this is a really

There is a huge system malfunction and the door gets jammed shut. He calls mission control and tells them that he can get out if he used the emergency evacuation system. Mission control tells him not to because that would then ensure his safety, but put the rest of his team in jeopardy. Even though he got orders from mission control, the astronaut still ponders over the question of whether or not to save himself. There are many realistic elements throughout this short film. Some examples are the space ship malfunction. Unfortunately, technology malfunctions all the time and sometimes puts people in danger. The astronaut calls his wife to tell her the news and she begs him to save himself and forget his team in space. However this raises a question of how much does the human race value a team and what does it mean to be on a team. Through all these elements, the views identify the constant struggle he astronaut has about deciding if he is selfish enough to kill the rest of his team. In the end he decides his team should just go on without him and he ends up dying when the chamber runs out if oxygen. This shows tremendous courage and valor. This makes the audience wonder about life as we know it and how it would be affected if a love one is lost, but in the bravest way