Theme Of Conflict In Monsters Are Due On Maple Street

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“I’ll tell you it’s the kid.” “It’s Charlie. He’s the one.” There is loads of conflict in “Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.” When there is a mysterious power outage, the neighbors begin to turn on each other. Things get out of hand, and someone is killed. If the residents would stop trying to find a scapegoat then they could have avoided being overcome with fear, suspicion, and go to many extremes. The people of Maple Street let the fear get to them. Referring to Tommy saying there are aliens out to get them Rod Serling writes, “Man One: That kid shouldn’t talk that way… and we shouldn’t be listening to him. Why this is the craziest thing I ever heard of.” Man One is clearly reacting this way because part of him believes Tommy. Instead of

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