Monsters are Due on Maple Street Conflict Chart Key

This handout accompanies a reading of the Twilight Zone episode "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street," which is often used in middle schools to teach elements of drama and fiction. This Conflict Chart helps students analyze the text and understand events, complications, plot elements, and character relationships.

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Name ___________________________ Class Period _____
“Monsters are Due on Maple Street”
Conflict Chart KEY
Character vs.
Self
1. Tommy is afraid
to tell what he
thinks.
2. Charlie feels
guilty for killing
Pete.
3. Steve tries to
maintain composure
and control the
crowd without
incriminating
himself.
Character vs. Nature
1. Charlie cannot see in
the dark.
2. Goodman suffers
from insomnia.
3. Pete loses a lot of
blood (and probably
dies).
Character vs. Society
1. The mob interrogates
Les Goodman.
2. The mob blames
Tommy.
3. The mob blames
Steve.
Conflicts are problems or
struggles a character deals
with in a story. A novel has
one main conflict and several
smaller conflicts.
Character vs. Character
1. Charlie blames
Tommy.
2. Don yells at Les
Goodman, incriminating
him.
3. Charlie accuses
Steve.
Character vs. Technology
1. The car will not start.
2. The power goes off.
3. The phones will not
work.
Character vs.
Supernatural
1. Charlie shoots what he
thinks is a monster.
2. The aliens are
manipulating “man”.
3. Goodman’s lights and
car keep going on and
off.
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