The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Theme: Fear and Suspicioun are Destructive
One major theme of "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" by Rod Sterling is that fear and suspicioun are destructive. First of all, when the residents of Maple Street were watching Les Goodman outside of his house this was really distrustful of them. This shows that nobody trusts him anymore and they all think that him and his family are the monsters from outer space. Second of all, Charlie shot Pete Van Horn impulsivley without thinking rationally. Charlie could have asked who it was but instead he was afraid of the unknown and suspicious of the dark figure which was Pete Van Horn. Third of all, when everyones lights started flickering and everyone was suspicious of eachother they all decided to turn on eachother instead of talking about it. The residents turned on eachother so quick because their fears and doubts of one another being monsters were so strong. In conlusion, in "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" one major theme is that when people let their doubts and fears get to them it can make them think irrationally and make impulsive decisions which can end up with someone being hurt or worse.