Monsters Are Due On Maple Street Summary

In the “Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” by Rod Serling, the story helps advance the plot because it really talks about how humans panic and what they do when nothing is going their way because they wanted to figure out which character was helping the aliens. As quoted in the story Tommy says it was “...a ship landing from outer space”. Tommy knew what it was but the adults thought he was reading too many comic books, but as he got to telling them more about it, they began to get suspicious and question each other but they mostly panicked. Another reason why they were accusing each other is because in the story, it says “...can you get it started, Les?” “No dice”. “He walks toward the group…… the car engine starts up all by itself.” The