Monday, February 8, 2016
Xenophobia On Maple Street?
How does The Twilight Zone Episode: The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street
address the concept of xenophobia? What alarms you regarding the
inhabitants actions and attitudes? How does this episode align or differ
with stories we have already read? Other thoughts? Please respond by
2:30p.m. on Wed., February 17th, 2016.
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The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street addresses the concept of xenophobia because the whole neighborhood started to become suspicious of Les Goodman because of a kid's story that connected him to alien life watching over Earth. Everyone started confessing that they always disliked him because he kept to himself. Also, it was surprising that a woman saw Les outside in the middle of the night looking at the sky and didn't mention it until the confrontation. This was alarming because all their attitudes started to shift just because they thought Les was an alien. This episode connects to the short story "Muse" because human-slug symbiotes were portrayed as the main target of xenophobia throughout the story.
ReplyDeleteThe Monsters Due on Maple Street addresses the concept of xenophobia because it addresses the fact of people becoming concerned or threatened towards another person that might’ve been different. What alarms me is the fact everyone instantly suspected a neighbor that they have known since they’ve been there. They didn’t give it a thought that the power outage only happened one day and none of the neighbors looked suspicious on that day. It is align with both stories that we read because they really focus on the concept of aliens.
ReplyDeleteThe Monsters Due on Maple Streets addresses the concept of xenophobia because it displays how people act under fear. Many of the citizens develop a hatred for the person who is different in the neighborhood. The most alarming part of the story was that everyone automatically blamed the neighbor. There was little evidence, but people started to mob. They are taking note on every single detail and often will accuse people of having strange habits. These people were all desperate to attack their neighbor, and that scared me a little bit. This episode aligns with the story "Muse" because it exhibits the theme of aliens and breaking bonds between people.
ReplyDeleteThe Monsters are Due on Maple Street shows an example of xenophobia against other people in a strange situation. There are most likely no true monsters, but they are judging each other based on small pieces of circumstantial evidence, and are attempting to find someone to blame.
ReplyDeleteThe Monsters are Due on Maple Street addresses the concept of xenophobia when people get so scared when something flies overhead and the lights go out. People get scared and a kid says it's aliens and they sent someone down. So every picks out the weirdest trait in everyone and accuses them of being a monster. Someone unfortunately dies from all the irrational fear! I think that happens everyday in the year when someone doesn't like a trait they turn on them, and then wars and all this bad stuff happens.
ReplyDeleteIn this episode, the people on this block are quick to judge each other. They are turning on each other. I think that this is what the aliens want to happen. I think they want the people on earth to turn on each other. This shows xenophobia because there are lots of people who have oddities but when circumstances allow, others will often ostracize those who are different.
ReplyDeleteThe people on Maple Street are so quick to judge and accept a theory presented by a kid. They stop thinking rationally and search desperate for someone to blame because they hate not knowing what is happening. Anything out of the ordinary they immediately jump to rash conclusions and create bad images of these people. These people are participating in xenophobia in the ways they are judging their neighbors. They are acting without thinking, becoming afraid of each other without asking and trying to understand what is really happening. In the other stories there's someone or a group of people who alienize another group of people or each other. People don't like not knowing so they search for a scapegoat or something to rationalize their confusions and create this fear of something that is different from them.
ReplyDeleteThe Twilight Zone shoes xenophobia in a different way than any of the other stories because the aliens didn't have direct contact with the humans, but let them destroy themselves. I don't think that neighbors would turn that quickly on each other. But it wouldn't be too far fetched. It appeared that the aliens had done this before. I guess it would be a ‘normal’ response when humans are faced with the unknown to turn on what they have be close to because they believe that that is what hurt them.
ReplyDeleteAll the neighbors were very quick to judge others when the lights would turn on and then they would just try to justify their actions with these odd reasons like, "why do you stand outside and look at the sky," and, "the kid is the actual monster." They all would get really confused eventually and then once they got accused they tried to blame someone else and then stuck with that person and then that person blamed someone else.
ReplyDeleteThis episode of the Twilight Zone addresses xenophobia by demonstrating how people can just as easily turn against each other as the power goes out. Fear of those who might have the slightest difference is brought to a new level in the film, as neighbors' accusations jump from person to person whenever something peculiar comes up. It alarms me that some people can be so afraid of others that are different from them to the point where they are accusing a young boy of being an outsider/alien. The Monsters are Due on Maple Street can relate to the short story Puppet Show because everyone believes that the person who looks different is an alien, yet the least suspected person/being turns out to be guilty.
ReplyDeleteThe monsters are due on maple street illustrates xenophobia in the fact that the people were afraid of the unknown. Once they felt like some monsters were trying to take them over they lost all sense or reason and started to turnot on each other. This eventually led to pointing fingers at each other, eventually maple street was in chaos and led to a massacre
ReplyDeleteThe monsters are due on maple street shows xenophobia because as soon as things start to not work they automatically start blaming each other and jumping to rash conclusions. They have no real proof or anything but those who they don't know as well are the first to be blamed. There was one man who saw through it all, but nobody seemed to listen to him. What really alarmed me was how quickly they were able to change their minds. Towards the end everybody was under suspicion, and they actually began to destroy themselves. It's crazy to think about how this happens in real life. It's not fair how people just think what they want without any real understanding.
ReplyDeleteTwilight Zone illistrates the true fickle and in decisive nature of those in distress. The way that we tend to follow the crowd creates an uneasy and uncomfortable in balance of fear and anger. Everyone tries to blame the next and find a scapegoat so the cause of the problems can't be traced back to them. Everyone begins to accuse each other
ReplyDeleteThis short film addresses the concept of xenophobia by the people on Maple Street, being scared of the unknown, so they only blame the people that are around them. What I noticed about the people's actions is that anyone who had a weird thing they did (stare at the stars, build a radio);they would blame them for the power and the unknown going on. The boy told the neighborhood what he thought it was and what I question is that why everyone believed him. Most of the time, the kids are correct. But every time a light when on in someones house, they would change their opinion of who the monster is. I was surprised that the guy shot the old guy without knowing who he was and what information he had. How this clip is different than the other stories we have read is that the people didn't act logically. In their own minds, they thought they were thinking rational, but from an outsider view, they were crazed and scared. I agree at the end of the movie, how the aliens said how the humans will corrupt themselves. I believe that is 100% true.
ReplyDeleteThe people on Maple Street begin to judge and question everyone they know, because they have a fear of the un-known. Many people are afraid of the un-known and they don't know how to deal with it. Not being able to understand what is going on, leads to everyone in the town questioning each other even though they all now each other. Each and every single one of them jump before they think, for example, the dude shooting the "Monster" but it was really just an old man. After killing him he then is quick to be turned to the new bad guy. Even though, not 5 mins before was calling his fellow neighbors dangerous.
ReplyDeleteJudgement and fear have been ever-present in our society and will most likely continue to be. And when the two are mixed chaos is likely to follow. Fear can turn the most civilized people into animals, as is seen in the Twilight Zone episode. When these people are in fear for their lives, their judgement and self-preservation cause them to attack the people they know, jumping to conclusions and attempting to justify their actions in absurd ways. What’s worse, everyone’s fear clouds their already impaired judgement and they believe these unfounded accusations and add their own absurd allegations. These people didn’t even have any evidence that what came with the meteor would harm them, they only knew that whatever arrived would be different from them. Instead of trying to learn about the possible new arrivals, they listened to a comic book story and based their judgement on it, allowing frightened imaginations run wild.
ReplyDeleteThe people of Maple Street demonstrate xenophobia by fearing others different from themselves. Although we see this as wrong, they were just trying to protect themselves and their family. Yet, it is still alarming to see how quickly they turn against one another. Just as in muse, being different is lethal.
ReplyDeleteThe neighbors on Maple Street portrayed it's idea of xenophobia by showing the audience that everybody is scared of everybody and can't trust anyone. The neighbors pointed fingers at each other blaming people for being the monster. In the end everyone was against each other, but we have to remember that the neighbors turned against each other to protect their family.
ReplyDeleteIn the Monsters Are Due on Maple Street after the UFO flies past everyone gets suspicious of their neighbors. Xenophobia is perfectly shown when people are afraid of each other because they don't know who to trust.
ReplyDeleteAfter viewing the episode of The Twilight Zone, it is clear that xenophobia is a common human characteristic that is hard to repress, especially in circumstance involving other people, like hysteria. What alarms me is that when a person's xenophobic concerns are expressed and others listen and digest them, the whole thing begins to spiral because peoples prejudice and xenophobia feeds of one anthers. It reminds me of the Salem Witch Trails and Aurther Millers "The Crucible."
ReplyDeleteIn the episode of the Twilight Zone The Monster Due On Maple Street, xenophobia is very clear. When the power went off and one of the men’s cars started to run by itself the whole neighborhood started to suspect that he was a monster or some type of strange being from outer space because he had the only car that was running. Everyone after that started picking at his strange habits and even though he tried to explain the reason for staring up at the stars the people didn’t listen to him. After that everyone started questioning the neighbors they have known for years just because one thing happened. Towards the end of the episode when everyone’s lights went back on and off everyone started accusing one another of not being of this world, destroying each other’s houses and drawing blood from one another. It’s really sad how one strange thing can happen and then we all start questioning the people we so dearly love because of the strangeness that happened to that person because we think that person caused the event. Therefore we fear what we don’t know or understand. Another example would be the book The Crucible a book about the Salem witch trials. Just because one person seemed out of the ordinary or seemed to be strange from every other person the town accused them of witchcraft. Now we live in an age where strange in becoming more acceptable in some areas but there are still traces of xenophobia. Like if some people see another person from another country we stereotype that person with what a group of people from that country have done and or acted.
ReplyDeleteIn the episode of the Twilight Zone The Monster Due On Maple Street, xenophobia is very clear. When the power went off and one of the men’s cars started to run by itself the whole neighborhood started to suspect that he was a monster or some type of strange being from outer space because he had the only car that was running. Everyone after that started picking at his strange habits and even though he tried to explain the reason for staring up at the stars the people didn’t listen to him. After that everyone started questioning the neighbors they have known for years just because one thing happened. Towards the end of the episode when everyone’s lights went back on and off everyone started accusing one another of not being of this world, destroying each other’s houses and drawing blood from one another. It’s really sad how one strange thing can happen and then we all start questioning the people we so dearly love because of the strangeness that happened to that person because we think that person caused the event. Therefore we fear what we don’t know or understand. Another example would be the book The Crucible a book about the Salem witch trials. Just because one person seemed out of the ordinary or seemed to be strange from every other person the town accused them of witchcraft. Now we live in an age where strange in becoming more acceptable in some areas but there are still traces of xenophobia. Like if some people see another person from another country we stereotype that person with what a group of people from that country have done and or acted.
ReplyDeleteIn the episode the adults are too quick to make assumptions and never stop to think about what their doing. They accept a kid's theory and turn their backs on each other even when they’ve all been neighbors for so long. Then they start to make quick assumptions and try to find anything that can use to put blame on others and convince other people that they are the ones. They start to speak then explain they never stop to think of what they are doing. All they try to do is use every bit of detail to put the blame on others. This shows xenophobia by showing that they fear the unknown they don't know who it is but they know or they think they know it's someone so they are quick to blame and they stop thinking.
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