Monsters On Maple Themes

During dark times their is hope when people stick together. The characters in the movie, Monsters on Maple, have many character traits, but two that I thought were the most common were violence and suspicion. In the movie the character started suspecting that some of the other character’s were the terrorists. Also in the movie some characters started to get violent. The suspicion and the violence the character show causes them turn on each other and attack the new neighbors. Through the movie the character show suspicion. For example, when the neighbors are talking about what to do when their cars don't stop Phillis says, “Brent told me about electro magnetic pulses they stop computers from working, power from working….Terrorists they knock everything out and then invade!” What Phillis says shows suspicion because she is suspicious that terrorists are trying to invade and kill everyone, when she doesn't actually know for sure. Any other scene

Throughout the movie characters were violent and attacked each other. For example, when Dylan is talking to the other neighbors about getting weapons, Will accuses him of scaring people and overreacting. Then Dylan attacks Will with a broken beer bottle. This shows violence because Dylan attics Will and tries to kill him. Another, scene where characters are violent is after Will tells tells his friends that he told the new neighbors not to come outside. This angered Dylan and he put a gun on Will’s head. This shows Dylan was violent because he put a gun on Will’s head and was ready to kill him. The final place where the characters showed violence was when the people start attacking the new neighbors house. They start breaking things and they set the house on fire. This shows violence because the people are attacking a house and killing the people in it. Violence was another trait that the characters showed through the