Wednesday, September 26, 2018
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 Mon., Oct. 1st, 2018.
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Xenophobia is strong in this movie, because the adults are trying to avoid the truth by making up lies like it being a meteor, and using that excuse as to why all of the power went out. They are afraid of facing the truth even though they may know the truth deep down inside. They seem to have a calm attitude about it but the boy who knows it was aliens does not. This reminds a lot of the puppet show, but in the puppet show, the people accepted the truth. In this story, they keep denying the truth
ReplyDeleteThe adults all look terrified and are making excuses about something that they have no clue what might be happening. And after the boy suggests that one of them might be an alien they are all at each other's throats.
ReplyDeleteOne attitude that is present in the Twilight Zone is denial. In this show, the people do not think that it is real because they haven't seen the spaceship only the after effects of the spaceship-like cutting the power out. Also, the adults are trying to take control of the situation and are the people denying that a spaceship passed by. Also, this story shows how fast people will turn against their neighbors when odd things happen.
ReplyDeletei think the xenophobia in this episode causes the people to get worked up and start blaming and being suspicious of each other. i think that getting mad at each other and blaming each other just makes them all fall apart. i don't see why they're turning into an angry mob, instead of just asking who the alien is. they haven't tried just asking everyone if they're an alien. the aliens don't seem to be dangerous at the beginning.
ReplyDeleteThe Twilight Zone heavily incorporates the idea of xenophobia into it. The adults in the movie are scared and not open to change into their small world. They are afraid of things they do not know well, like outsiders, so they make excuses and think the worst things possible. They try to remain as calm as possible but it seems they are timid. The Puppet Show is similar in the fear of outsiders or what you are not usually exposed to, but it differs because in The Twilight Zone they don't want to accept what is happening even after explanations.
ReplyDeleteThe adults, quick to dismiss the kid's story, are also quick to turn on their neighbor as soon as his vehicle begins acting strangely. Whether or not he is indeed an alien, their hypocrisy reveals their inner xenophobia and how it can be turned on those they think they know.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, they are easily turned against one another. The power of xenophobia can even turn homogenous people against one another.
DeleteThe Inhabitants have very strong xenophobia but they are not violently xenophobic. They were far too afraid to face the truth when the boy who knew the truth was able to face it and talk about it. A huge difference in the Puppet Show was that people were able to accept the truth in the Puppet Show but denied it in Twilight Zone. Soon, when they did accept the truth, they violently came to assumptions about other people.
ReplyDeleteIn this episode of The Twilight Zone, I noticed that the crowd of people on maple street had all gotten scared of the aliens that they didn't know they were there. They all wanted to know who the aliens were, so they could scare them off. One of the things that aligns with other things we've read is hysteria, all of the people are going out of their minds to figure out who these aliens are. This is like in sales pitch when the protagonist goes crazy because the robot won't leave him alone. Another thing I noticed was many of the people were willing to point the finger at other people. This is a reflection of real life, because when someone is in trouble, they are likely to blame someone else, other than themselves.
ReplyDeleteXenophobia plays a big role in the movie. The neighbors are watching a family because their are acting different, their scared that their the aliens and they will hurt them. People in this story keep denying everything, but in The Puppet Show, everyone accepts it.
ReplyDeleteThe adults that live on Maple Street show xenophobia by being very frustrated about which one of the families doesn't belong in the neighborhood. They are worried for themselves and their neighbors. Personally I feel like they are all overreacting because none of them really have actual proof that there is a monster on Maple Street. They all jumped to conclusions very fast, and because of it 20 minutes into the show someone was already killed.
ReplyDeleteAfter watching The Twilight Zone I noticed that it connected very well to the concept of Xenophobia. The neighborhood in The Twilight Zone are paranoid and looking or someone to blame. All of the adults are blaming each other because they are afraid. This reminds me of the story The Puppet Show because everyone in the story is afraid of the alien.
ReplyDeleteXenophobia is an easy emotion to feel when people's original thoughts are being proven wrong. They look for a scapegoat to blame and the process in which they begin to blame them is very short; an example of which is when charlie shot the electrician. This reminds me of the Ticktock man, the populace is very quick to hate someone for being late. In this story they are quick to take any hint of evidence and use it to the extreme.
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DeleteWhen things don't go as planned for the people then they are so quick to judge. They are always pointing the finger because they are unsure what the answer. They are afraid when they step outside of their boundaries and then they start to look for an escape goat. All their logic is being based on the their own fears.
ReplyDeleteThe situation is turning people against each other. Xenophobia can be more than people different, it can just be suspicion. I think it is a huge exploration of human nature, and the reactions of people. It makes sense though. Things like this can been see in the real world, such as the Salem Witch Trials and Red Scare.
ReplyDeleteThe definition of xenophobia is being scared of the unknown or alien. The residents of maple street had no idea what was happening and didnt know how to explain it. This episode puts the definition of xenophobia into an episode.
ReplyDeleteIt addresses the idea of xenophobia in the way that they are so afraid of aliens or people that don't belong in their neighbor hood that they are willing to kill just because of their fear. They address the idea that humanity is their own worst enemy. It alarms me that they turned on eachother so fast just because the power goes out and this is a little bit like other readings we've had in the idea that there is aliens and xenophobia.
ReplyDeleteFear of the unknown rules the lives of these people, and most people. Seeing the actions caused by fear is surreal, and brings a lot to mind. As easy as it is to destroy humanity, it is humanities own fault. Not wanting to be singled out and the need to follow the crowd will be humanities downfall, and The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street illustrates that perfectly.
ReplyDeleteThe people on maple street were very quick to judge and jump to conclusions as to who was the alien with there only knowledge coming from a young boy who reads comic books and i think that's pretty crazy
ReplyDeleteThis episode of twilight zone addresses xenophobia by showing the fear of the unknown. The neighbors had been keeping a close eye on this family that was acting somewhat suspicious, like how we often get scared of the unknown, such as aliens.
ReplyDeleteMaple Street demonstrates xenophobia because the people that live on Maple Street immediately jump to conclusions. Just the silly thought of the comic book put the street into hysteria and the people went into panic and crimes were committed, which alarms me for the future. This is because if we ever encounter aliens, will we react like this? Could this be damaging? This story differs from other stories because the other stories were more calm in terms of meeting extraterrestrial life, while the people on Maple Street were hysterical.
ReplyDeleteThis episode of the Twilight Zone is a great example of xenophobia. Everyone is freaking out because of something that is different than their usual routine. They all jump to conclusions and are quick to blame others for the odd occurance. I believe we do this today, we jump to conclusions and base judgments off of people that we think are different. This episode reminds me of the Puppet Show and how everyone is afraid of things that are different. I think that's why people today are afraid of change because it involves getting outside of our comfort zone.
ReplyDeleteI think Xenophobia is presented very well in The Twilight Zone, simply because of the fear that somebody they've known for so long, just might not be who they thought they were. And because of this fear, it drives everyone insane, leading to the death of a neighbor and riots in the streets, all leading us to find out that there is in fact other aliens that are presented as humans, which shows us that the power of xenophobia can lead humans to do crazy things, including turning against our own kind.
ReplyDelete"Don't be a mob". I think this is the most important takeaway from this. Like in the forbidden planet we all have an animal inside. When we get in large groups it allows that animal to seem logical. e your own person and you will be the one who says, don't be a mob.
ReplyDeleteIt addresses the concept of xenophobia by showing how the neighborhood was so afraid and started blaming each other for the unknown. One guy even killed at random out of fear of the unknown.
ReplyDeleteThe adults all were easy to blame each other for things that they could not explain or reason. They blame each other for the cars turning on and off and the lights flashing occasionally. One of them ends up killing another human because he is scared and is not thinking about his actions and consequences. THis is similar to Puppet Show and other TV shows about being scared of the unknown.
ReplyDeleteThis episode shows what happens when paranoia and xenophobia combine to make people form into a Mob. Once strange things start happening, all the neighbors grow distrustful of each other and even get to the point of killing.
ReplyDeletewe fear what we dont know so every one turned on each other!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe fear of the unknown can cause very irrational things between people. In this episode of The Twilight Zone, the people of the community began to turn on each other for fear of the unknown. They began to act in their own self interest and alienated themselves from others. Mob mentality also plays a huge role. Once they find a scapegoat, based on little to no evidence, they will immediately turn on them. Finding someone to blame makes them feel safer as a whole, regardless if they actually believe that the person they are scapegoating is really the alien.
ReplyDeleteThe thing I found interesting in this episode, was the fact that they all turned against each other. Its strange how fear and the unknown strips us away from each other and doesn't bring us closer together. Instead the neighborhood felt the need to threaten and expose each other. The fact that they blame, comforts them, almost to denounce themselves as the alien family.
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