.“The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”‚ by Rod Serling‚ the prompt is how are the character’s actions important to the plot and the reason why it’s important is because that without their actions the plot would change. One day on Maple Street everyone heard a noise coming from outside and everyone walked out there to see what it was. Steve thought it was a Meteor but they didn’t feel a boom or heard a boom. As quoted in the selection‚ Steve asked Don‚”What was that? A Meteor?” Don said‚”That’s what
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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
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gets everyone doing the same thing? For some people this happened to them and could have got them in trouble. In the story‚ The Twilight Zone “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” and “All Summers in a Day.” These stories show a group of people that could turn into a mob. In the episode of Twilight Zone “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” by Rod Serling it shows how a group could turn into a mob with just one person starting something that turns into something bigger. In the story it demonstrates
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(The light fades down onto all of Maple Street. Mr. Goodman is sitting in a chair reading a book. A lamp is turned on by Mrs. Goodman as she walks into the living room and takes a seat on the sofa.) Narrator: Maple Street had never been the same since the day the aliens had disturbed peaceful lives with technology that terminated power at will.With the aliens ruling the entire country‚ the world had one thing to fear; an alien takeover. (Mrs. Goodman now stands up and heads to look at the grandfather
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The theme of “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” is accusing others without evidence will just lead to worse situations.The theme begins to appear in the story when the power goes off then out of nowhere‚ Les Goodmans car starts up and everyone starts accusing him of being a monster because Steves car wouldn’t start and goodmans car started by itself.In the text it says‚ “‘You know really...this is for laughs. You know what I’m guilty of? I’m guilty of insomnia. Now what’s the penalty for insomnia
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Aliens Are the True Monsters In the play “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street‚” by Rod Serling‚ a flash of light and a screaming roar suddenly knocks out all electricity and communication. In this particular setting‚ we learn the humans become manipulated of the force‚ and also in a state of fearing the unknown. Some may believe that Aliens are the real monsters. Others feel that humans are the most monstrous. The true monsters in the play are the Aliens because they manipulate humans and plan
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In “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street “ -by Rod Serling the characters themselves and the choices they make are very important in this piece of writing because they created conflict that could’ve been prevented. Tommy the little boy was afraid for Steve to go to the city to go check on the power and he told everyone that the Aliens didn’t want them to leave and that they sent down people ahead of them that were like humans . Everyone got scared and told Tommy to stop talking nonsense
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“He always was an oddball. Him and his whole family. Real oddballs.’’ stated Charlie. “The monsters are due on Maple Street” is a teleplay by Rod Serling has a theme of fear of the unknown. The meter causes strange things to happen and nabers start the point fingers at each other. The meteor coming down was causing strange things to happen. When those who lived on Maple Street saw the meteor coming down they didn’t hear a crash though. “ It came way too close for my money” said Mrs. Brand. Soon after
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Maple Leaf Gardens Case Study Concepts: Ai) There are several different people that would use the financial statements of Maple Leaf Gardens. Investors‚ whether they are existing or potential‚ would use the financial statements to help make a decision on how much or if they want to invest in the company. Lenders would use the statements to determine if they are going to lend financial assistance to the company. Government bodies review the statements to make sure they comply with all regulations
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Introduction: Hypothesis: My hypothesis for this experiment‚ the study of the effects of different wavelengths on leaf pigments‚ if chlorophyll a absorbs blue-violet light‚ chlorophyll b absorbs blue light‚ carotene absorbs blue-green light‚ and xanthophyll absorbs blue light‚ then wavelengths of greatest absorption will be 400‚ 450‚ 500‚ and 450 respectively. Independent Variable: Wavelengths Dependent Variable: optimum wavelengths of light for absorption Standard Variable: method of
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