Suspicion And Fear In The Teleplay The Monsters By Rod Serling

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In the teleplay the Monsters are due on Maple Street by Rod Serling the residents wanted to find out who the monsters were. The characters acted chaotic. Through the cause, the author conveys important messages about the suspicion and fear. Suspicion was used when all the people start to question Les Goodman’s car when it started on page 7. In addition, suspicion was used when Charlie, page 15 said
“It’s…it’s the kid. It’s Tommy. He’s the one. “What the author is trying to tell us is that the people where very suspicious of each other. At the same time fear is also happening when Charlie pulls the trigger because they were scared of the dark figure that was walking towards them. Also when the power, cars, and lights stopped working they