Blog #9 Monsters are Due on Maple Street and Muse

In Monsters are due on Maple Street there was a lot of xenophobia. As soon as the word spread that one of the neighbors on the street could be an Alian, they all turned against another. The fact that one could be different from the rest of the crew meant everyone was afraid of everyone. The way they treated each other when they thought everyone was guilty was messed up. People that they had known for years they would turn on in a matter of seconds. But that was the aliens reasoning for coming to maple street. They knew that because of the fear of xenophobia that everyone would turn on each other and that's how they could take over the world. One maple street at a time. If everyone on the street didn't have a fear of something different then there wouldn't be any chaos on the street. The people were so quick to judge that it caused their own demise. We are our own worst enemy when it comes to xenophobia. If you have it you will be more septet to cause your own destruction than for someone who doesn't have xenophobia. You are your own worst enemy when it comes to different things or beings.

Muse: In the story muse it reminded me a lot of the world we live in now. When Leo had Icky on his back he felt like he could do anything. Icky gave him confidence especially with his music. When he wrote songs Icky would help him generate ideas and words that Leo didn't know how to say out loud. As the story went on it seemed as though Icky was more and more of a drug for Leo. He felt empty when Icky wasn't on him and he felt he couldn't be the musician he wanted to be when he wasn't there either. But for Leo's father, Icky was a problem for him. It seemed like his father planned an intervention for Leo to get Icky off. Just because Icky was different and helped Leo out, meant that that was wrong for the society to his father. He could not have the embarrassment from his son to have something like "it" on his back. But for Leo it was a different story. Without Icky in the end he seemed to go a little crazy. Icky was there for his support like no one else could. It was all in his head though. I think he could have easily composed his songs without Icky but he had it in his head that he couldn't do anything without Icky. I think that's why his father tried to help him because he wanted him to get used to being normal and creating things with his own head not Icky's.