The Monsters are Due on Maple Street

“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 a thoughtless frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own for the children, and the children yet unborn.”

      I think that Serling is saying that problems that evolve in the world are not always because of what someone decided to do by useing something. He is saying that sometimes people destroy eachother with thoghts or words. Not just a weapon, in the movie the block was destroyed by what people thought in their minds. Sometimes the mind can be the most destructive tool to use. If someone says something bad to another person just for amusement not literal thoughts you dont know what that person will think your saying. That could destroy his feelings and he will start a war with you. That is what happened with the problem on Maple Street, each person believed something wrong. They called eachother a monster that doesnt live on Earth. But in the end no one was a "Monster" they all just thought it becasue prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy. In the end he says "search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own for the children, and the children yet unborn.” i think he means that if people keep on using their thoughts, attitudes as weapons it could affect what the world is going to be like for children and children unborn. That is why i agree with him, if we keep on doing this it will blow up like bombsand there could be a big explosion.

Good Night and Good Luck

            I agree with Murrow's speech about his statement about the television. It can be used for alot of things. Like to bring news to us when we watch or we could see it to entertain, amuse and insulate us. If he was still alive today i think he would say that it is used for good and more and more poeple are starting to get involved with television. That would make him very happy.
            Back in the time of this broadcast the television was used to tell everyone or someone certin information. Today that has not changed but it also does more then that, like people watch T.V for entertainment. I think that the T.V today has a little improvement on the flow of information. But i can also say that it is just "a box of wires and lights."

Double Entry #1

P. 1257 Martha my wife.. What do you make of that? When Giles said that he has seen Rebecca sitting in the corner at night reading a book we all get suspicious. Why is she reading a book and trying to hide it from everyone? Since when is reading a book bad? This time is a lot different from today. You will never see anyone reading a book and trying to hide it from someone. What is this world coming to?