Read the excerpt from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.STEVE(raising his voice)There's something you can do, Charlie. You could go home and keep your mouth shut. You could quit strutting around like a self-appointed hanging judge and just climb into bed and forget it.CHARLIEYou sound real anxious to have that happen, Steve. I think we better keep our eye on you too!DON(as if he were taking the bit in his teeth, takes a hesitant step to the front)I think everything might as well come out now.(he turns toward Steve.)Your wife's done plenty of talking, Steve, about how odd you are!CHARLIE(picking this up, his eyes widening)Go ahead, tell us what she's said.58. LONG SHOT – STEVE 58.As he walks toward them from across the street.STEVEGo ahead, what's my wife said? Let's get it all out. Let's pick out every idiosyncrasy of every single man, woman, and child on the street. And then we might as well set up some kind of a kangaroo court. How about a firing squad at dawn, Charlie, so we can get rid of all the suspects. Narrow them down. Make it easier for you.DONThere's no need gettin' so upset, Steve. It's just that . . . well . . . Myra's talked about how there's been plenty of nights you spent hours down in your basement workin' on some kind of radio or something. Well, none of us have ever seen that radio—
Read the excerpt from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.STEVEGo ahead, what's my wife said? Let's get it all out. Let's pick out every idiosyncrasy of every single man, woman, and child on the street. And then we might as well set up some kind of a kangaroo court. How about a firing squad at dawn, Charlie, so we can get rid of all the suspects. Narrow them down. Make it easier for you.DONThere's no need gettin' so upset, Steve. It's just that . . . well . . . Myra's talked about how there's been plenty of nights you spent hours down in your basement workin' on some kind of radio or something. Well, none of us have ever seen that radio—
Read the excerpt from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.MRS. GOODMANThat's exactly what he does. Why this whole thing it's . . . it's some kind of madness or something.STEVE(nods grimly)That's exactly what it is—some kind of madness.CHARLIE'S VOICE(shrill, from across the street)You best watch who you're seen with, Steve! Until we get this all straightened out, you ain't exactly above suspicion yourself.STEVE(whirling around toward him)Or you, Charlie. Or any of us, it seems. From age eight on up!WOMAN ONEWhat I'd like to know is—what are we gonna do? Just stand around here all night?CHARLIEThere's nothin' else we can do!(he turns back, looking toward Steve and Goodman again.) One of 'em'll tip their hand. They got to.57. CONTINUED 57.STEVE(raising his voice)There's something you can do, Charlie. You could go home and keep your mouth shut. You could quit strutting around like a self-appointed hanging judge and just climb into bed and forget it.
Which excerpt from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street is an example of direct characterization?
CHARLIE (CONT'D)(he looks past the houses)Where is Pete Van Horn anyway? Didn't he get back yet?There's a murmur of reaction, of questioning, and then suddenly -SALLYThere's . . . there's a light on in the Goodman house.The people now turn as if by direction toward the last house on the street.CUT TO:37. PAN SHOT – ACROSS THE STREET DOWN THE ROW OF HOUSES 37.Each is the same in general style, the front porch, the gliders, the rest of it. Then suddenly the CAMERA STOPS on the last house in the line. There's a spot light set up on the porch and even in the daylight we can see it shining.
Read the excerpt from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.56. TRACK SHOT – STEVE 56.From several yards down as he walks down the steps of his porch, walks down the street over to Les Goodman's house and then stops at the foot of the steps.57. REVERSE ANGLE – LOOKING TOWARD SCREEN DOOR 57.Goodman stands there, his wife behind him very frightened.GOODMANJust stay right where you are, Steve. We don't want any trouble but this time if anybody sets foot on my porch that's what they're going to get—trouble!
Read the excerpt from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.49. CLOSE SHOT – SPOT LIGHT ON PORCH 49.As it suddenly goes out. There's a murmur from the group.50. GROUP SHOT 50.As the people react.GOODMANNow I suppose that's supposed to incriminate me! The light goes on and off. That really does it, doesn't it?(he looks around the faces of the people.)I just don't understand this—(he wets his lips, looking from face to face.)Look, you all know me. We've lived here five years. Right in this house. We're no different than any of the rest of you. We're no different at all. Really . . . this whole thing is just . . . just weird—
Read the excerpt from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.DONAnd [Les Goodman] never did come out to look at that thing that flew overhead. He wasn't even interested.(he turns to the faces in the group, his face taut and serious.)Why? Why didn't he come out with the rest of us to look?CHARLIEHe always was an odd ball. Him and his whole family. Real odd ball.
Based on Steve’s actions in the first part of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, readers may have predicted that Steve would continue being the town’s leader during the power outage. How should readers revise this prediction after Don asks Steve about his radio?
Read the excerpt from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.58. LONG SHOT – STEVE 58.As he walks toward them from across the street.STEVEGo ahead, what's my wife said? Let's get it all out. Let's pick out every idiosyncrasy of every single man, woman, and child on the street. And then we might as well set up some kind of a kangaroo court. How about a firing squad at dawn, Charlie, so we can get rid of all the suspects. Narrow them down. Make it easier for you.DONThere's no need gettin' so upset, Steve. It's just that . . . well . . . Myra's talked about how there's been plenty of nights you spent hours down in your basement workin' on some kind of radio or something. Well, none of us have ever seen that radio—
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