Summary Of The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street

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In the story “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” written by Rod Serling is set in the 1950s. The story consists of the residents of Maple Street. The theme of “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” is in arduous situations stay true to who you are and don’t let society change you. In the story the group of residents start out as a crowd then over time they accuse one another and lose trust, this leads to the residents acting as if they were a mob. Rod Serling writes, “For the record, prejudice can destroy, and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own for the children…” This shows that the first started out crowd has been destroyed due to prejudice and betrayal which is now an out of control mob. Overall,