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| The voice of reason in the madness that took over Maple Street. He defended Les Goodman before the others who were persecuting him. |
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| His hobby was a ham radio. This would prove troublesome to him later, as his neighbors held him under suspicion. |
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| He became the target of his neighbors suspicion and paranoia. After the strange event in the opening of the story, he failed to appear with the others to investigate what was happening. |
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| This fourteen year old boy, fan of comics and stories of aliens from outer space, became the catalyst for the paranoia that took over Maple Street. He made the suggestion of aliens masquerading as humans and the denizens of Maple Street took off with the idea. |
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| She fanned the fire of distrust against Les Goodman by relating the fact that she observed Les Goodman outside in the wee hours of the morning on several occasions just "looking up at the sky," as if he were waiting for something... or someone. |
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| Threw suspicion on Les Goodman by observing that while all the other people who live on Maple Street came out to see what was going on after the power failure, Les Goodman did not, as if Les weren't interested. |
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| The most aggressive character in challenging Les' humanity. He commented that Les had always been an oddball, "him and his whole family." |
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| The flash of light in the sky and loud screeching noise overhead, then the power failure that seems to be a result. |
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| Setting of "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" |
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| Maple Street, U.S.A., late summer, 6:43 p.m. and into the evening. |
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| The author of the teleplay, "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" |
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| The place "between science and superstition", "the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge", the "dimension of the imagination" |
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| very still, as if nailed to the spot |
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| Cause of the power failure |
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| people assumed it was caused by the flash of light and loud noise |
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| clues that hint of future events in a story |
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| a group of people who gather for mischief |
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| Worry and anxiety cause people sleeplessness. Les suffers from this and it is the reason he gives for his nightly stargazing. |
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| A problem that arises as characters attempt to solve the conflicts in the story. Les reveals one when he speaks of the "nightmare" his neighbors are creating by being "...fools..."and "...scared frightened rabbits!" |
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