Summary Of The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street

Thoughts, words, ideas, and attitudes can be as much a weapon as a gun or knife. Throughout time, people have been hurting each other with their explosive thoughts, painful words, and poisonous ideas. They accuse each other of things they did not do and call each other things they are not. In the tale “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” by Rod Serling this is shown. One character says “The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout.” Once again, this can be seen throughout stories, history, and life. Weapons are not only blades and bombs, words can hurt more than many know. Rod Serling, author of “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” says something that shows this. “The tools of conquest do not necessarily