The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street Analysis

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The theme of the story, The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, by Rod Sterling, is that suspicion and accusation can kill and lead to bad things. All of the residents on Maple Street are accusing each other, killing, fighting, and most of all making it easier for the figures to conquer their street. The author wrote, “For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own for the children… the children yet unborn.” This quote shows that accusing people and not working together can be a big mistake. The crowd did not work together, instead they worked against each other turning into a mob. The figures do not have to do much to take over the world, they let