The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street Summary

In Rod Serling’s “The monsters are due on maple street.” the events and character actions advance the plot. In the beginning tommy talks about how in the story there were aliens that looked like humans as this selection implies. “That was the way they prepared things for the landing. They sent four people. A mother and a father and two kids who looked just like humans...but they weren't.” This drives the people to search for the aliens Tommy starts the rejection of the call to the rest of our protagonists. The next major event to happen was the unintentional murder of Pete Van Horn as the author implies. “You were so quick to kill, Charlie, and you were so quick to tell us who we had to be careful of. Well, maybe you had to kill.” This is where Anarchy takes over maple street, and the people on maple street give into a Thomas Hobbes philosophy, With many people accusing each other and fighting on the street charlie breaks down the last pillar of society, and the sanity of the people on maple street is thrown out the …show more content…
After this the scene goes onto are antagonists as quoted in this passage. “With few variations. They pick the most dangerous enemy, they can find...and it's themselves. And all we need do is sit back...and watch.” Are antagonists are essentially like the pig head in “Lord of the flies.” that the monster isn't real, that it is an internal evil, there are no monsters on maple street they are the monsters, They are the beasties. The author of this novel says the following “He swings the gun around to point it toward the sidewalk. The dark figure continues to walk toward them. The group there, fearful, apprehensive, mothers clutching children, men standing in front of wives. Charlie slowly raises the gun. As the figure gets closer and closer he suddenly pulls the