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The Monsters are Due on Maple Street By Rod Serling

The Twilight Zone Ran from 1959-1964 Created by Rod Serling Wrote fiction in order to speak about important issues in society “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” appeared in 1960

Important term: scapegoat

What is a scapegoat? A scapegoat is a term describing someone who is blamed for another’s wrong doing.

Important Term: hysteria

What is hysteria? Hysteria is exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement, especially among a group of people.

Historical Background Written during the Cold War (1946 – 1989) U.S. & Soviet Union were engaged in a nuclear arms race. A lot of anti-communist sentiment in the U.S. Fear → Suspicion