Today we are live-blogging and and looking at your thesis statements again. Your task is divided into two stages:
1: After you log in, type your thesis statement in to the comments section, just as you did before.
2. Constructively comment on someone else's thesis statement, using only that person's display name. Try to include a positive, as well as a recommendation.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
When a society is forced into an arduous situation, society will therefore behave irrationally to find any possible solution to the problem proposing sophistic ideas to solve the quandary. As shown by the irrational accusations of the first man when his car abruptly started, when the mob accused the child, and when the mob shot the last man at the end.
ReplyDelete"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" does not criticize the lives and society of the United States, but rather human beings and human nature, and this is shown through humanity's self-destructive trait, cynicism.
ReplyDeleteBeing in a crowd changes the way people behave because there is always one dominant person in the group who takes charge and has everyone else follow them.
ReplyDeleteIt only takes one controversial idea planted correctly to start chaos amongst millions.
ReplyDeleteThe Twilight Zone episode "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" criticizes human nature to make irrational decisions in dangerous situations, as when the power goes out the group quickly begins to name their friends as suspects, and then proceeds to kill one of their neighbors as they couldn't figure out who was in the dark.
ReplyDeleteA: When people are in a crowd, their behavior completely changes because of the influence of others opinions and, to keep from being the next person singled out, will agree with the majority opinion.
ReplyDeleteThis episode of the twilight zone does criticize humans because it shows how ignorant humans are and how easily we turn on each other when little things go wrong.
ReplyDeleteThe Monsters are Due on Maple Street shows how a crowd clings to leader figure and react in "follow the leader" type fashion during a crisis situation.
ReplyDeleteThe Monsters are Due on Maple Street criticizes human beings and human nature, because it shows the causes and effects of hysteria and that humans are quick to judge or accuse others when endangered.
ReplyDeleteHuman nature is affected when among a crowd because an idea can spread through the crowd rapidly and when in stressful situations, these ideas may be irrational and can cause further chaos.
ReplyDeleteBeing in a crowd has a drastic effect on people through swerving people's opinions and creating a heated environment in which people act in a certain way that harms others.
ReplyDeleteBeing in a crowd changes the way people behave because it creates panic and paranoia, which eventually leads to the destruction of humanity.
ReplyDeleteBeing in a crowd catalyzes the human emotions by making them larger than they are and more serious.
ReplyDelete"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" seems to criticize human beings and human nature by showing the instantaneous hysteria that is able to overcome a crowd of people when the characters accuse one another of being an alien after listening to the stories of a young boy and through the words of the aliens at the climax.
ReplyDeleteA. Being in a crowd changes the way people behave because, they think anyone could be the cause of the problem, in this case, they all go crazy trying to figure out who the cause of the problem is.
ReplyDeleteThe Monsters Are Due on Maple Street shows how people change their behavior in a crowd because being in a crowd makes people more influential and influenced by others in the crowd.
ReplyDelete"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" criticizes human nature when isolated from society in which human instincts take over and a need for a scapegoat emerges.
ReplyDeleteThunderandLightning: The thesis is a little too vague and needs more specific examples and the "it" is unclear
ReplyDeletekoshka- I like the idea you used in your thesis and I agree with it but I think if you just used the first sentence you wrote and cleaned it up a bit you would have a much better thesis
ReplyDelete@Dogsarecool
ReplyDelete-Clearly answered the prompt, made it absolutely clear that human nature has problems not society.
-Topic of cynicism is very interesting and works very well in this show.
-In the ending you should probably get rid of "that is shown through".
dogsaecool: I like the way you address the prompt directly- I think there's a great deal to write about. Not sure if cynicism should be introduced unless you deal with it exclusively.
ReplyDeleteThunderandLightning- Thesis does not have a "how" only has a "what".
ReplyDeleteBeing in a crowd gives people a feeling of power, making them quicker to act, be it rationally or irrationally.
ReplyDeleteKoshka: I feel your thesis is overcomplicated with trivial vocab that complicated the readers potential understanding. Also, I believe you wrote sophistic were the proper tense would be sophisticated as sophistic does not make sense in the sentence. Also your thesis is two sentences which thus doesn't even really make it a thesis sentence. Also starting the the second sentence as shown by, is grammatically awkward and should be differently worded.
ReplyDeleteBeing in a crowd makes people take irrational actions because they are pressured by those around them into making rash decisions.
ReplyDelete@thatguy:
ReplyDeletethe idea of influence is okay but you need to explain how they are influential and in what way it is connected to "the monsters are due on maple street"
@ Kashka- I venerate how you went out of your way to put high level lexicon into your thesis statement. However, it comes off as being very beffudling and verbose.
ReplyDeleteKoshka:Some of the vocabulary is very good but I also feel you just threw big words into the thesis. Your thesis can also be shortened since your ideas can be proven with less words.
ReplyDeleteThunderandLightning- your thesis is short and to the point, avoids over wording while stating the what, but needs examples to support it and show the how.
ReplyDeletethatguy: I think you should be more specific by what you mean about the influential people - expand more about your idea and why that is.
ReplyDelete16: Well, first work on your sentence structure because you need to make it clearer, and you need some punctuation in there. Lastly change some words around so that it can make sense, ie- "human nature when isolated from society in which human instincts" you need to change that sentence around for it to make more sense.
ReplyDeleteAs a result of a threat or menace people in a crowd blame themselves and in a chain reaction destroy each other like it was so evidently clear in "monsters are due on maple street," Twilight Zone episode.
ReplyDeleteThis episode presents an argument against American society in the 50's by showing how easy it is to manipulate humanity with the same devices used in McCarthyism.
ReplyDelete@YankeesFan12
ReplyDelete- directly answers the prompt and is to the point.
- Grammar is a little off (there should not be a comma after nature).
- It looks like the thesis gives you a lot to write about.
BigBlue1212: First part is fairly clear, and deals with a good topic: irrational behavior (something that runs counter to the way civilized humans should behave). Second half is grammatically unsound and unclear - I'd rephrase.
ReplyDeletepattythestar: Not bad; I like they way you deal with conformity as an overriding topic, but what is it about human nature that makes us conform? I'd rework your sentence structure.
spongebobsquarepants: Good ideas; I think the notion that we follow anyone in a crisis is both reassuring and terrifying. Perhaps a "how" to follow that "what."
YankeesFan12: Some great ideas here, but let's streamline. I'd focus on the last part: how people are quick to judge others when endangered. This really deals with fear, a prime human motivator.
ReplyDeleteYOungg1lz: I like the idea of an idea spreading rapidly in a crowd. How rapidly? Why? How does the show demonstrate this? Is this good or bad?
coolkid702: Good topic: being in a crowd can "sway" people's opinions. Is this good or bad? Does this celebrate individualism or a group mentality? Just think how they could have worked successfully as a group.
Coolkid701: This will be good as long as you specifically exemplify panic and paranoia. Given that this show aired during the Cold War, the "destruction of humanity" may have been on the writer's radar as an intended message.
ReplyDeleteprince9: Very well worded - love the phrase "catalyzes human emotions." Just how much more dangerous are they so sped up?
ilikecookies: Focus on the "instant hysteria" that results from this situation. What does it cause? How can we be aware of it? A bit too much summary for a thesis statement.
georgia girl: I agree that being in a crowd affects individual behavior - good start. But what do you mean by "anyone" could be the cause of the problem"? I think it sounds too specific to the show.
ReplyDeleteThatoneguy: Being in a crowd makes one empowered and quicker to act? Okay, but is this positive or negative? Also, why both rationally and irrationally? Good ideas - but focus and develop.
...: I like the notion of the crowd situation affecting an individual negatively. You'll have to define irrational, and why you've chosen to focus on that particular effect.
dmasterpro: You've set up the context for your analysis, now focus your thesis a bit more. A threat causes people to blame themselves? Who did this in the show? Perhaps you'll want to focus on the "chain-reaction" aspect of how quickly people castigate each other when there is a "perceived" threat.
c1t2p3: Very solid. You have many examples to choose from. Curious to see exactly which devices used by McCarthy are symbolized here.
ReplyDeletehttp://me-pureimagination.blogspot.com/p/bettys-diary.html#!/p/bettys-diary.html
ReplyDelete