Luigi's Zone: Response to Maple Street's Monsters

This story sure has a clear message. The message is really important. It tells that our most dangerous enemy is ourselves.

"Understand the procedure now? Just stop few of their machines...throw them into darkness for a few hours and then sit back and watch the pattern. They pick the most dangerous enemy they can find and it's themselves."

The message states that our most dangerous enemy is ourselves, because, sometimes we can't control the pressure of a disaster pushing down on us. We want to find a scapegoat, to drown our worries on it, and blame everything on it. We destroy ourselves because we panic when something bad happens.

"The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts... attitudes... prejudices. To be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill, and suspicion can destroy, and the thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own for the children, and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is that... these things cannot be confined to... The Twilight Zone!"

The message says that we should look out for ourselves, for our thoughts, our attitudes, and our responses to situations of suspicions and prejudices.

I think that this message is relevant because I believe it is true. When we seek a scapegoat, we drown in suspicions, blinding the right solution from our eyes. We are looking to point a finger at someone. This message is still relevant to the world today because it can still instruct us on how much we are dangerous to ourselves. We shouldn't fall for suspicions, we should be able to face problems in a positive way. The residents of Maple Street didn't, and look at how they ended up. If you don't want to end up like them, face your problems in a positive way.

If the story was to be updated, I think we should be seeing terrorists instead of aliens, because our major fear now is terrorist attacks. We now know a bit more about aliens. Some people have said to have seen them, and I believe they are correct. I mean, surely the whole universe is not for ourselves, it's just logical that there are more intelligent life forms out there somewhere. The equipment affected by the blackout would be almost the same. Cars, light bulbs, televisions, computers, and motorcycles, to name a few. I think the story could be set in Springfield, because there is one city named Springfield in every single state. There are lots of Maple Streets all over the U.S. so it's almost like saying the same thing. Tommy would be son of a military, warning Tommy to be aware that terrorists had sent a threat message, and he would know that they will attack any moment.

This is the first part of episode 22 of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone