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- The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street: Mankind is its own worst enemy
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- In the, Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, by Rod Serling, one of the main themes is that mankind is its own worst enemy. One example of this is on page 77 when the residents of Maple Street all began to accuse Mr. Goodman of being a monster, causing strange things to occur. This is because his car randomly started up on its own, even though it had not been working before nor had any of the other cars on Maple Street. This shows mankind is its own worst enemy because everyone was accusing Mr. Goodman of being something he wasn't, a monster, even when they had no reasonable explanation to prove that. Mr. Goodman also constantly mentioned he had no control over what was happening and he personally was also confused and did not know what was going on, but his neighbors did not pay attention to that and continued to make their own accusations and theories. Another example of this theme is when Mr. Brand (Steve) noticed how overwhelming the situation had become and started to talk to Charlie and the rest of the residents on Maple Street about everything that was happening. And stop telling me who's dangerous and who isn't and who's safe and who's a menace. And you're with him too-all of you! You're standing here all set to crucify-all set to find a scapegoat- all desperate to point some kind of finger at a neighbor! (page 82.) This shows that mankind is its own worst enemy because in this quote, Steve explains that the residents of Maple Street were all so eager to blame each other of being a monster, so ready to turn on one another, just to avoid being accused themselves, even if that meant causing complete chaos and disaster. Lastly, one final example of mankind being its own worst enemy is on page 87 when the aliens, who were the real culprits are discussing their plans for all the other Maple Streets they will visit, (as they watch Maple Street fall into complete madness and destruction) and talk about how the residents of Maple Street, all throughout the world, will destroy themselves one by one, led by blame, distrust, and fear. This scene supports the theme because it shows firsthand that humans truly are never united or loyal, including their own neighbors. Instead, they are all the same, ready to jump to conclusions and make all sorts of accusations if it were to benefit them. In conclusion, mankind is truly its own worst enemy, and this is shown all throughout The Twilight Zone, Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, by Rod Serling. When the residents all accuse Mr. Goodman of being a monster, when Steve gives his heroic speech about them all being eager to find a scapegoat, and when the aliens are discussing their plans for the residents of every Maple Street and what their end results will be.
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- all set to point some kind of finger at a neighbor!
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- And we'll go from one to the other and let them destroy themselves.
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