The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street Summary

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In “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” by Rod Serling the characters and events advance the importance of the plot, but analyzing the plot is different. They do it through the characters thoughts, actions, and speech.

The evidence in this selection is when Don said “He wasn't even interested.” to Charlie because when the unidentified flying object flew over Maple Street everyone looked except for the Goodmans. So everyone started to suspect that the Goodmans were the alien family that was sent down to do a landing procedure for the aliens. Tommy put the idea in people's heads that there was a family that wasn't human, but something else. Tommy states that “They sent four people. A mother and a father and two kids who looked just like

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