'The Monster Are Due On Maple Street'

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In “The Monster Are Due on Maple Street” by Rod Serling, the actions and/or people in the act include important roles that make up the plot of the story. As quoted in the passage, "They look just like humans.” Tommy points out that these monster looks just like humans. After Tommy stated this, people began to panic and question who is the monster(s) by harassing other neighbors. Also the evidence in this section, “And he never did come out to look… Not even interested.” These facts demonstrates that Mr.Goodman was beginning to be accused of being the monster, because of his car turning on and other actions such as not looking or even caring to see the meteor or whatever it was that flew over the sky. Which began the arguments between family,

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