Self-Destruction In The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street

Sometimes, human beings can become murderers or monsters to each other when driven by their inner feelings. In the play "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street," a normal neighborhood in the USA, we can see how suspicion among the residents leads to cruelty toward one another. It starts with a resident's car starting up without him there, and suspicion rises to the point where people start yelling, throwing things, and even shooting. Through suspicion, blame, and violence, we can see how human beings can act irrationally and self-destruct when they are driven by fear or panic.

One way humans start to self-destruct is when their suspicion rises, and it leads them to be unfair to others. In the story, we can see that when inconvenience strikes, the residents' suspicion rises, causing them to be unfair to their peers. For example, after the "meteor" strikes and everything shuts off, suspicion slowly starts to rise. This unfortunate series of events through the story shows how when suspicion rises, the residents on Maple Street start to become more aware of their peers and even start to treat the other residents unfairly. The tables can turn

In this play, we can see how blaming one another leads to self-destruction throughout the story. For example, we can see how the blame shifts from Les Goodman when his car starts to Steve when his wife says he's been working on the radio. The residents blame each other easily when they feel fear. They blame whoever is easiest, even when there is no solid proof that they are "aliens." Another example is when Charlie, a resident on Maple Street, shoots another resident, Pete. People become panicked and quickly blame Charlie for everything that happened, even though Charlie pleads that he did not know it was Pete. All of this adds up, and in the end, we can learn that blame is a major factor that goes into their own