The theme in “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” is that everyone had their suspicions and they let it get to their heads. That led to the destruction of their neighborhood. In the “Andy Griffith Show” Andy had suspicion but he didn’t let it get to him and he never gave up. That led him to eventually solving the mysterious problem. Another thing that was different was the conflict in both of them. The conflict in “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” was that people on their fellow neighbors. In the “Andy Griffith Show” was that everyone in the town turned against the “new guy” in