The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Theme: Blaming others and trying to find a scapegoat can lead to negative consequences
One Major theme of "The Monster Are Due on Maple Street" by Rod Serling is that blaming others and trying to find a scapegoat can lead to negative consequences. One example that supports this theme is when the residents of Maple Street blame Les Goodman of being an alien, because his car started up. This shows that the people of Maple Street are jumping on every little opportunity they get to accuse a neighbor, and to have a scapegoat which means their friendships are slowly drifting apart. Another reason that supports this theme is when Charlie and Don accuse Steve of being an alien, because hes been working on a radio set without telling anyone about it. This shows how Maple Street's residents trust in each other is disintegrating, and how fast they are to rule one another out. The last reason that supports this is when Charlie shoots Pete Van Horn, which causes the populace of Maple Street to turn their suspicions on him thinking he's the alien they're looking for. This shows how nervous and reckless the society of Maple Street is to find and defeat the 'alien' they're looking for, and how one poor decision leads to the next to the fact that they're shooting and accusing their own neighbors.
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