Lesson 6 The Monsters Are Due on Maple street I. Text Analysis Theme of the story In this play, the author seems to emphasize The theme summed three fatal human weaknesses: our deep suspicion up at the and distrust of one another, our eagerness to find very end a scapegoat, and our readiness to turn into a mob. It implies that if we human beings want to be really safe, we must kill those monsters in our hearts: we should try to understand and trust each other, to be less eager to assign blame, and to resist the kind of group(mob) mentality which too often results in violence and tragedy. W B TL E The end of theme BACIW B T L E I. Text Analysis Theme of the story The theme is summed up at the very end. The end of Theme. In this play, the author seems to emphasize three fatal human weaknesses: our deep suspicion and distrust of one another, our eagerness to find a scapegoat, and our readiness to turn into a mob. It implies that if we human beings want to be really safe, we must kill those monsters in our hearts: we should try to understand and trust each other, to be less eager to assign blame, and to resist the kind of group (mob) mentality which too often results in violence and tragedy. Lesson 6 The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street