Rod Serling: How Inspiration Can Impact An Author's Story
Monsters Essay
Have you ever wondered how inspiration can impact an author’s story? Most stories are real world events that the author has witnessed or been apart of. Rod Serling was one of many authors who have been inspired by these real events, and wrote the story “The Monsters are due on Maple Street”. This story had hidden dark themes that were snuck past television censors. Real world events, such as the murder of Emmett Till can inspire authors like Rod Serling to create short sci-fi films like “The Monsters are due on Maple Street” that have hidden meanings and morals
Emmett Till was a 14 year old African American boy who was murdered by white men after flirting with a white woman. Emmett was visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi and went into a small store, but no one really knows what happened. His friends may have dared him to ask her out, and afterwards they heard him say “bye baby”(3). He had a stutter after …show more content…
In scene three the theme is man’s mind can be dangerous,“There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices to only be found in the minds in man(428). Not only can conquest come with bombs but it can come with a powerful weapon, your mind. You brain has weapons of its own like prejudices and attitudes. In scene three, the theme portrays itself as people who jump to conclusions will have a punishment; “A thoughtless frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout of its own for the children...and the children yet unborn(428). Blaming can have consequences and a constant search for a scapegoat is even worse. Judging or gossip can have very bad consequences such as distrust and hate. If there was not a theme, you couldn’t understand Monsters them which is, distrust can lead to chaos and make sure to think before you
Have you ever wondered how inspiration can impact an author’s story? Most stories are real world events that the author has witnessed or been apart of. Rod Serling was one of many authors who have been inspired by these real events, and wrote the story “The Monsters are due on Maple Street”. This story had hidden dark themes that were snuck past television censors. Real world events, such as the murder of Emmett Till can inspire authors like Rod Serling to create short sci-fi films like “The Monsters are due on Maple Street” that have hidden meanings and morals
Emmett Till was a 14 year old African American boy who was murdered by white men after flirting with a white woman. Emmett was visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi and went into a small store, but no one really knows what happened. His friends may have dared him to ask her out, and afterwards they heard him say “bye baby”(3). He had a stutter after …show more content…
In scene three the theme is man’s mind can be dangerous,“There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices to only be found in the minds in man(428). Not only can conquest come with bombs but it can come with a powerful weapon, your mind. You brain has weapons of its own like prejudices and attitudes. In scene three, the theme portrays itself as people who jump to conclusions will have a punishment; “A thoughtless frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout of its own for the children...and the children yet unborn(428). Blaming can have consequences and a constant search for a scapegoat is even worse. Judging or gossip can have very bad consequences such as distrust and hate. If there was not a theme, you couldn’t understand Monsters them which is, distrust can lead to chaos and make sure to think before you