The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Plot Structure Comic
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- Slide: 1
- EXPOSITION
- On quiet, suburban Maple Street, somewhere in America, the inhabitants notice a meteor-like object fly overhead. After it passes, all electronics and electricity go dead.
- Slide: 2
- CONFLICT
- A young boy named Tommy tells a story he read about aliens arriving from outer space. Believing his story, the people start to suspect each other of being secret aliens.
- Slide: 3
- RISING ACTION
- Mr. Goodman's car mysteriously starts. Everyone accuses him of being an alien. Steve tries to talk some sense into the mob, but fails. He becomes a suspect as attention is directed to the radio in his basement!
- Slide: 4
- CLIMAX
- The mob sees a figure coming towards them. Charlie grabs a gun and accidentally shoots Van Horn, who has returned. Suddenly Charlie's lights go on, and now he is the prime suspect.
- Slide: 5
- FALLING ACTION
- Everyone is hysterical. Charlie screams that the real alien is Tommy, the young boy who knew the events before they happened.
- Slide: 6
- RESOLUTION
- In the end, aliens watch the town as it destroys itself. A simple trick by the aliens turned the residents against each other; they themselves were the monsters, not the aliens.
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