The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street

Rod Serling's quote has a deep truth known of society today and in the past. Serling is telling us how we as people can destroy or turn on each other with just a simple thought that a person may have. He explains to us how the most harmful of weapons aren't always the way of  having people to hate one another. In American history, white Americans had a prejudice towards African Americans, believing that they were worth less. With this prejudice evolving, it resulted with the growth of a fear among African Americans and harmful actions done toward them. Another piece of evidence that shows the thruth of Serling's statement is the Salem Witch Trials. A girl named Abigail and her friends caused a whole hysteria to break out among the townspeople. Her accusations of witchcraft came with the murder of people that had no interaction with witchcraft. I believe that Serling is teaching us a valuable lesson that we should take in consideration.