Theme Essay For 'The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street'

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Theme Essay for “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” Rod Serling’s message to the readers of “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” is to not judge anyone based on little to no evidence, or just an assumption. The theme begins to appear in the story when right after all the power goes out on Maple street, a young boy, Tommy introduces the idea that aliens could have arrived. Since the townspeople are just desperate for an explanation, they place their trust on the idea. Meanwhile, a man named Les Goodman was trying to start his car, but failed. It wouldn't work because there was no power left on the street. Suddenly, his car’s engine turned on. The people on the street were shocked and very suspicious of him. In the text it says, ¨Nothing's working on this street. Nothing. …show more content…

[And then meaningfully.] Nothing except one car - yours!¨ This supports the claim because it shows how easily the people turned on Les Goodman for just one small thing he couldn't even control. Plus, the people turned on him for an absurd reason that didn't have any common sense. Later in the story, after the subject was changed from Goodman to another topic, the townspeople were starting to turn their backs on one another. Suddenly, Don and Charlie had accused Steve of being an alien! In the text it says, “ Don: Myra's talked about how there's been plenty of nights you spend hours down in your basement working on some kind of radio of something. Well, none of us have ever seen that radio-- Charlie: Go ahead, Steve. What kind of"radio set" you working on? I never seen it. Neither has anyone else. Who you talk to on that radio set? And who

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