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Analysis Of The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street By Rod Serling
The advancement in “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street by Rod Serling” is really around the events that happen in the story which really is true regarding the story.Like in the event when the meteorite (UFO) fell down the plot of the whole story began,like according to the text by the narrator.”At the sound of the roar and the flash of light it will be precisely 6:43 PM on maple street” which started the whole mystery.Although that these events do start the plot is important, but the trust of the neighbors in maple street start to dissolve when the charlie says that tommy was behind it as the selection implies “But he knew!he was the only one that he knew he told us all about it how did he know how could he have known?”.This implies to everyone

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