Read the excerpt from act i of the monsters are due on maple street. the boy suddenly stops again conscious of the parents staring at them and of the sudden hush of the crowd. continued 34. continued 34. sally (in a whisper, sensing the antagonism of the crowd) tommy, son . . honey, don't talk that way – what does this excerpt tell the reader about sally’s point of view? she is frustrated that no one in the group believes her son’s theory. point of view she is concerned because her son is speaking the truth about the flash. she is worried about the well-being of her son among an angry group. she is confused about why the group may be agitated by her son.

In a 10-12 sentence response-style paragraph, explore the degree to which you agree or disagree with faulkner’s message. “i believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. he is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. the poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. it is his privilege to man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. the poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to him endure and prevail” (faulkner 773-775).