The boy starts to panic by saying that there are aliens and that they live on Maple Street disguised as humans. He says he read these types of stories in his comics and it entered the minds of adults. They start to get paranoid. Nothing gets better when the character Charlie starts conducting a witch hunt and starts blaming people for anyone doing anything "suspicious". Everyone is responsible for the violence that happens on the streets. Everyone let fear and paranoia get the better of them and accepted what the guy said and even randomly blaming people. The only character who tried to calm the situation and could tell what was going to happen by conducting a witch hunt and carrying it forward is Steve. Throughout the story he tries to teach a lesson to people's fear and show how outrageous they were. But he too eventually fell prey to fear of the unknown and his paranoia. Serling's opening and closing monologues in “The Monster Are Due on Maple Street” are clear assessments of the situation at hand. In the opening statement Serling says it's a beautiful summer day. You can hear barbecues, ice creams and children's laughter. This is Maple Street in its last calm and thoughtful moment before the monsters arrive. When hearing this for the first time, the viewer will think that a real monster will do it