Read the excerpt from Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. FIGURE ONE Understand the procedure now? Just stop a few of their machines and radios and telephones and lawn mowers . . . throw them into darkness for a few hours and then you just sit back and watch the pattern. Which theme is reflected in this excerpt? New technology is a dangerous tool in the hands of the wrong people. Being without light can cause people to become defensive and out of control. Causing panic is just as destructive as any weapon or physical force. Material possessions often contribute to conflict between neighbors.

a, overstatement is the answer

hmm, sadly there is no dialogue. there is no place in the story where he is talking to anyone. it's more of just describing what he eats and where he sleeps. you have to become anne frank, give details of where you are, what other folks look like, how the environment is. have a little bit of dialogue tell of what people are specifically saying. anne frank talked about her entire household including the people, the objects, the lighting, the food they ate, and even the smell in the air. there has to be more to your diary entries, the whole story in its current state is only about peter van daan, the food, the sounds, and where he sleeps. also he seems to be writing only once a year yet more than that happened from day to day. for a friend, i can you write it out, if you want.

being surrounded by crimes, poverty, and failing schools as well as his own lack of confidence in his abilities.