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Monsters are Due on Maple Street”

Monsters are Due on Maple Street” . By ROD SERLING. Content :. Rod Serling Short Summary of The Twilight Zone Character Setting Problem Events Conclusion Story Theme. Rod Serling :. Born: Rod man Edward Serling December 25, 1924(1924-12-25) Syracuse, New York, USA Died:

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Monsters are Due on Maple Street”

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  1. Monsters are Due on Maple Street” By ROD SERLING

  2. Content: • Rod Serling • Short Summary of The Twilight Zone • Character • Setting • Problem • Events • Conclusion Story Theme

  3. Rod Serling: Born: • Rod man Edward SerlingDecember 25, 1924(1924-12-25)Syracuse, New York, USA • Died: • June 28, 1975(1975-06-28) (aged 50)Rochester, New York, USA

  4. Language: English • Education: Bachelor of Arts in Literature • Genres: Literary realism, Speculative fiction, Science fiction, Horror fiction • Period: 1954–1975

  5. Summary: A bright object roars over peaceful Maple Street, and suddenly the power goes off, the phones stop working, and cars will not start. Steve Brand and a neighbor, Charlie, plan to walk downtown for help, but young Tommy insists that aliens have landed and they don’t want anyone to leave the block. When Les Goodman’s car starts by itself, people suspect that Les is an agent of the aliens. A panic ensues as the resident look for someone to blame for all the strange events. One man, Peter Van Horn, is accidentally shot dead by Charlie. The group of neighbors turns into an angry mob.From a distance, aliens watch with satisfaction, commenting that human beings are their own worst enemies.

  6. Characters: • Narrator • Tommy • Steve Brand • Don Martin • Myra Brand, Steve’s wife • Woman • Voice One,Two,Three,Four,Five

  7. Pete Van Horn • Charlie • Sally, Tommy’s mother • Man One • Les Goodman • Ethel Goodman, Les’s wife • Man Two • Figure One • Figure Two

  8. Setting: • Place: Maple Street, USA Evening • Problem: All the electrical power goes out, theneighbors suspect aliens caused it and that some of the neighbors might be aliens in disguise.

  9. Time:1960’s • No cordless phones • No cell phones • “Regular” phones do not use electricity. • Phone calls often still went through an operator. • NoIpods or cd players. • “Portable” radios were battery operated. • No remote starters for cars.

  10. Event 1: Neighbors start accusing each other of strange actions that make them suspect their friends. • Event 2: Charlie brings out his shotgun, mistakes Pete Van Horn for an ET, and kills him.The neighbors panic and accuse each other. The ET's discuss how they will conquer the world by letting people destroy themselves!

  11. Story Theme: • Facing the destructive monsters of prejudice and suspicion within and without. By Rod Serling

  12. OtherThings: • Personification: gives human qualities to non-human things. • Conflict:Charlie shoots Pete Van Horn

  13. Simile: Comparison using like or as to describe something else.The crowd moves LIKE a mob. • Narrator:The narrator explains that weapons can be danger more than bombs

  14. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIBMWoVfnMY

  15. REFERENCES: • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RodSarling • http://www.google.com.tr/imghp?hl=tr&tab=wi • Bookrags • Cracked.com • http://www.cracked.com/funny-795-the-twilight-zone/#ixzz1eotB6f20 • YouTube

  16. THANKS FOR LISTENING Berk Tüzemen 9/D 223

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