Just because you can’t see something doesn’t mean it is not there and not suffering. This applies to both, “the Man in the Well” by, Ira Sher and “Button, Button” by, Richard Matheson. In both stories, a character capitalizes on their puissance and utilize it to apostatize someone that is at a disadvantage. In both stories, Sher and Matheson use irony to develop the theme of, “out of sight out of mind.” The theme, “out of sight, out of mind” is developed very different in, “the Man in the Well” then in the story, “Button, Button”. In the passage, it states, “Isn’t there any water down there? I don’t think anyone smiled at how easy it was to deceive him…” This shows that they used their power of the man not seeing them deceive the man.
