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Read the excerpt from Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.



CHARLIE (CONT’D)



He comes walkin' out of the darkness—how am I supposed to



know who he was?







(he grabs Steve)



Steve—you know why I shot! How was I supposed to know he wasn't a monster or something?



(he grabs Don now)



We're all scared of the same thing. I was just tryin' to . . . tryin' to protect my home, that's all! Look, all of you, that's all I was tryin' to do.



(he looks down wildly at the body)



I didn't know it was somebody we knew! I didn't know—



Which statement best reflects the theme expressed in this excerpt?

Respuesta :

Answer:

A group of people is responsible for the actions of each of its members.

Explanation:

The statement that most aptly reflects the theme displayed in the given excerpt would be:

A). Fear, combined with crowd mentality, leads people to make poor decisions.

  • The statement "fear...decisions" most adequately reflect the central idea or theme that the author attempts to communicate through the given passage.
  • The combination of fear("scared...thing") and congested mindset resulting in poor decisions of life as reflected through "he...walkin' out of the darkness."
  • The failure of portecting the home symbolizes that the character failed to take a responsible decision due to the threat and overfilled thoughts.

Thus, option A is the correct answer.

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