“The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” and The Andy Griffith Show are very alike and different in some ways.THey had a very similar theme, setting, mood, and conflict. But yet they had very different ironies and complications. In the following paragraphs we will be discussing the things that were alike and different between the setting, mood, irony, theme, complications and the conflict of these two stories. All though these were two completely different episodes from completely different shows, they shared multiple features.
The settings, themes, moods, and conflicts in both stories were almost the same. For example, they both took place in a small town. The Andy Griffith Show takes place in a small town of Mayberry. Meanwhile in “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” the setting is on Maple Street, U.S.A. The mood is similar in some instances because they both start off peacefully but soon become creepy and even frightening. This paragraph described how the setting, mood were similar in both stories, but the themes and conflicts were alike too.
The overall theme and the conflict were very similar. For example, in both stories suspicion led to hysteria. It seems that the overall theme of both “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” and The Andy Griffith Show is suspicion can be harmful, and this really shows in both stories. In both stories …show more content…
For example, the complications in “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” were much more severe. In “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street,” Pete Van Horn is shot and killed. That is much more severe than the small dispute/argument that happened in The Andy Griffith Show. Also in “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” the power goes out and things get violent, unlike The Andy Griffith Show. The complications may have been different but the ironies were also very
The settings, themes, moods, and conflicts in both stories were almost the same. For example, they both took place in a small town. The Andy Griffith Show takes place in a small town of Mayberry. Meanwhile in “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” the setting is on Maple Street, U.S.A. The mood is similar in some instances because they both start off peacefully but soon become creepy and even frightening. This paragraph described how the setting, mood were similar in both stories, but the themes and conflicts were alike too.
The overall theme and the conflict were very similar. For example, in both stories suspicion led to hysteria. It seems that the overall theme of both “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” and The Andy Griffith Show is suspicion can be harmful, and this really shows in both stories. In both stories …show more content…
For example, the complications in “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” were much more severe. In “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street,” Pete Van Horn is shot and killed. That is much more severe than the small dispute/argument that happened in The Andy Griffith Show. Also in “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” the power goes out and things get violent, unlike The Andy Griffith Show. The complications may have been different but the ironies were also very