Tuesday, February 18, 2020
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 3:40p.m. on Thu., Feb. 20th, 2020.
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New stuff is happening and the first thing these people say is check with the police, when new things come along people feel fear and they are no different. The kid is afraid to have people leave the area. People are immediately wary of things that are strange or people who didn't come out to look at the thing that flew overhead. Immediately blaming Les as an alien. Tensions are immediately higher and fights are about to break out.
ReplyDeleteThe film address xenophobia in a way that our imagination of the unknown is often blown out of proportion, expanding our fear. What alarms me is that they so quickly drew to conclusions of what was occurring and turned on each other. This is an exaggerated version of the stories, but does align in the ways that we always assume the worst in the unknown.
ReplyDeleteDuring this specific film, xenophobia is addressed directly at the beginning. The town's unknown of what is happened to their lighting really scares them and they begin to go through every absurd option. It alarms me that as soon as they saw something that was abnormal they all immediately began to draw towards conclusions that were in a different element. I believe that this film aligns with the film, "The Forbidden Planet" because the characters in both of these film experience something new. Although the reactions of the men in "The Forbidden Planet" are not as explicit as in "The Twilight Zone", both films possess xenophobia.
ReplyDeleteThis episode of Twilight Zone was really eye opening. It made me think that xenophobia is something of our own doing. We create it in our brains and then act it out when something makes us uncomfortable. The citizens of the town were so quick to judge something that wasn't right, they kept pointing fingers. This led to a never ending circle of xenophobia - finding something odd about every person. This film relates to "Forbidden Planet" because both parties are quick to defend themselves and be cautious of new things that are presented.
ReplyDelete'Monsters are Due on Maple Street' really showcases the concept of xenophobia well. Neighbors and friends are quickly turned against each other at the smallest sign of conflict, suspicion arising from a comic book no less. This goes to show how easy it is for xenophobia to root and take hold of people, even those who are normally quite sound. It's alarming how quick they resorted to violence, though they were much quicker to anger than the other stories we have read
ReplyDeleteFriends and neighbors try to come together to figure out what is going on but turn on eachother in the end. They turn on each other because they are afraid of what they don't know and they don't understand. It's ironic that xenophobia is a fear of the unknown but they end up destroying themselves in the end.
ReplyDeleteXenophobia is consistently exhibited in "Monsters on Maple Street." People accuse others of being or having monster with no evidence. Everyone turns on each other due to there own fear, and people even die due to the simple accusations and assumptions people are making.
ReplyDeletexenophobia is seen in the "monsters due n maple street" twilight zone episode becuase in this episode they are afraid of only the idea that their will be aliens coming to their street, they start to fear each other and even kill a man because they are so consumed by fear.
ReplyDeleteAt first everyone is friendly and neighborly, but due to xenophobia people start questioning their neighbors. They no longer trust the people they know.
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