Read the excerpt from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
When a crowd gathers outside Les's house, Steve
comments, "Let's not be a mob!" What does this show
about Steve?
As they suddenly start toward the house. In this brief
fraction of a moment they take the first step toward
performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a
group into a mob. They begin to head purposefully
across the street toward the house at the end. Steve
stands in front of them. For a moment their fear almost
turns their walk into a wild stampede but Steve's voice,
loud, incisive and commanding, makes them stop.
STEVE
Wait a minute... wait a minute! Let's not be a mob!
The people stop as a group, seem to pause for a
moment and then much more quietly and slowly start to
walk across the street.
O He has managed to remain much more calm and
rational than the rest of his neighbors.
O He has become the main instigator of the mob as
they rush toward Les Goodman's house.
O He has been taken over by emotions and lost his
ability to think sensibly.
O He thinks the aliens are attacking the neighborhood
and he must defend himself.
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