All humans have flaws that can lead to horrible things. In this case, the fear of monsters made the people of Maple Street turn on each other. They accused friends and neighbors with no proper evidence. This lead to the tragedy of Maple Street. Rod Serling shows that human flaws exist in unexplainable events in the teleplay “The Monsters Are Due On Maple” through prejudices, scapegoats, and suspicion.
There are many examples throughout “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” that show that prejudice is a human flaw. According to Les Goodman, “You were so quick to kill, Charlie, and you were so quick to tell us who we had to be careful off. Well maybe you had to kill. Maybe Peter there was trying to tell us something. Maybe he’d found out something
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Les Goodman quickly jumps to conclusions about Peter’s death. With no evidence he suggested that Charlie killed Pete Van Horn because he wanted to hide something. He suggested that Charlie was the monster. It shows that prejudice is a major flaw in humans, and could change any outcome of a situation. Similarly, an example is when Steve says,“We’re all on a monster kick, Les. Seems that the general impression holds that maybe one family isn’t what we think they are. Monsters from outer space or something. Different from us. Fifth columnists from the vast beyond. You know anybody that might fit that description around here on Maple Street? (“Monsters” 66).” Similarly, this demonstrates prejudice can lead people to believe obscene things. We hear Steve say that someone on Maple Street was a monster from outer space. He gets this information from a comic book that a child told him about. Prejudice led the people of Maple Street to believe that there was an alien among them. They had no evidence of this. Furthermore, Charlie says,“That don’t prove a thing. Any guy who’d spend his time lookin’ up at the sky early in the morning—well, there’s something wrong with that kind of person. There’s something that ain’t legitimate” (“Monsters” 70).”
Prejudice is a dreadful mindset that people can perceive from another person by their first look. As long as human race roams the Earth, prejudge mental will never cease. However long that we as people stay here on Earth is how long prejudice will last. We frustratingly try to obliterate prejudice, but it always upheaval back with maximum force. People take into consideration peoples race and ethnicity, and if it is diverse from theirs, then that person is probably prejudice towards them in any other ways, shape, or form. Prejudice has been with Mankind since the beginning of the human revolution. The simplest example of prejudice is when it comes to black and white revolution. Since colored human race were slaves in the beginning of American
Some people say prejudice is part of human nature. Others think we learn it from our elders. Either one could be true, as there are various controversial beliefs about why prejudice exists in the world. One interesting theory is that prejudice is an emotional reaction that is triggered in our brain whenever we encounter unknown people, who have different physical characteristics, different personalities, and/or different beliefs. In fact, these unfamiliar people scare us, and we start treating them differently to reassure ourselves that they cannot possibly matter to us. Another possible reason for prejudice could be negative education about others, either direct or indirect. An example of the direct type would be that you are deliberately taught to avoid certain people who are discriminate...
...blaming Satanic stimuli for unexplained phenomena"(43). Without their cultural and societal influences, it would be difficult for the readers to understand why certain events evolve and under what pretenses. At the end of the play, each person, some more than others, has developed from their sociological experience.
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In the play “Monsters Are Due On Maple Street,” a character named Charlie is suspected by the neighbors. Charlie is chased down by his neighbors because they think he is some sort of alien. He then declares that the little kid Tommy is the monster. Here is how the neighbors are ready to believe him.
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“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.” -Maya Angelou. Preconceived opinions and unreasonable thoughts are what determine one’s actions and path in life. Everything one does and is surrounded by develops some kind of prejudices in one’s mind and therefore resolves how people act in certain situations. Prejudices are the causes for discrimination and as people have developed unfavorable stereotypes from past experiences, this greatly affects decision making and creating a more ideal society for people of all kinds to thrive in. Prejudice, or judging and making decisions based on personal experiences force people to draw rash and hostile conclusions about people who fall into
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In this paper I will discuss what happens when we allow biases and prejudice to affect our actions toward others. I will then conclude my paper with what we can do to prevent or eliminate discrimination.
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