https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9 What was the climax of the story and what events foreshadowed this climax? en-us 2018-11-26 21:52:18 UTC 2025-10-01 23:48:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/418738919 The climax of the story was when Charlie shot Pete Van Horn. The prominent fear of aliens and angry mobs foreshadowed that violence would break out. When Pete Van Horn appeared in the shadows and Charlie not knowing if it was an alien or a human approaching him, Charlie tried to play it safe by defending himself.]]> 2019-12-02 20:31:48 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/418738919 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/418740784 The climax is when Pete Van Horn is shot and killed by Charlie. The event that foreshadows the climax is when Pete Van Horn is in the shadows and the townspeople suspect it's the alien, so Charlie takes his gun and shoots at the suspected 'alien'.]]> 2019-12-02 20:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/418740784 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/418742678 The Climax of 'The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street' is when Pete Van Horn is shot by Charlie, who believed that he was an alien invader. The event that began the foreshadowed of that moment was when someone else said that there was someone walking through the mist. Everything after that: the raising of Charlie's gun, the pulling of the trigger and other things, was continually building up the suspense.]]> 2019-12-02 20:38:30 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/418742678 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/418747795 The climax of the story is when Charlie shot Pete Van Horn. The event that foreshadowed this climax was when Don Martin gave Charlie the shotgun. Don Martin said "We might need this". It might indicate that someone will use it in the future.]]> 2019-12-02 20:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/418747795 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/418750900 The climax of this story is when Pete Van Horn was shot dead by Charlie. According to the story, some events that foreshadowed the climax is when the story states, "staring toward the darkness and the approaching figure. People stand in the shadows watching. Don Martin joins them, carrying a shotgun. He holds it up.] Don We may need this". This is because it is slowly telling us that there is a figure in the darkness that makes Don Martin think that they need a shotgun, and Don Martin's intentions were to shoot the figure if necessary.]]> 2019-12-02 20:54:23 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/418750900 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/418759236 The climax of the story was when Charlie shot and killed Pete Van Horn. He shot him because he thought he didn't know if it was a monster or a human. The mobs of  mad and angry people foreshadowed that some violence could come.  Also, the fear of the monsters and aliens could also be used to infer Pete would get shot since they didn't know if he was an alien or not. ]]> 2019-12-02 21:11:26 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/418759236 cquon25_3 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/418761427 The climax of 'The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street" is when Pete Van Horn was shot by Charlie. This scene was foreshadowed because everyone heard clickety clacking  sort of noise, everyone started going mad. They saw a figure and as it was getting closer Charlie had pulled the trigger. The only reason why the story foreshadowed is because Don gave Charlie the gun making it seem like there should and will be something they will use it on.]]> 2019-12-02 21:16:23 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/418761427 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/418762226 According to the question, the climax of the story "Monsters Are Due On Maple Street" occurs when Charlie shot and killed his neighbor, Pete Van Horn. The events that foreshadowed this climax was when Don had a shotgun, and Steve took it out of Don's hand, saying "A shotgun? Good lord- will anybody think a thought around here? Will you people wise up? What good would a shotgun do against--." After that, Charlie took the shotgun from Steve's hand and shot Pete Van Horn with it since all Charlie saw of him was a dark figure. ]]> 2019-12-02 21:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/418762226 vhoan25_3 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/419332080 The climax of "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street" is when Pete Van Horn was shot by Charlie. One of the events that foreshadowed the climax was when Mr. Goodman said, "As God is my witness...you're letting something begin here that's a nightmare!" This would indicate that when the neighbors started to accuse Mr. Goodman and his family of being aliens, it would have a bad consequence. Later in the story, the consequence proved to be Pete Van Horn getting killed by Charlie.]]> 2019-12-03 20:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/419332080 tjaya25_3 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/419340613 The climax of the story is when Charlie grabs the gun, and shoots his neighbor Pete Van Horn. The event that foreshadowed someone using the gun and killing someone was when Don brought the shotgun, and Steve took it, and Charlie took the gun. Don also said that they might need the gun later for protection. All these events foreshadow the climax.]]> 2019-12-03 21:11:07 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/419340613 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/420067479 The climax of the story, "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street," was when Charlie unintentionally murdered Pete Van Horn with a shotgun. Prior to the climax, there was an event that foreshadowed the climax. This was when Don Martin came running to the crowd of people carrying a shotgun, saying, "We may need this," after the crowd saw a dark figure in the shadows, worried if it was some alien coming for them. Charlie then proceeded to take the gun and blindly fire at the figure, who turned out to be Pete Van Horn.]]> 2019-12-05 05:38:25 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/420067479 imusa25_3 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/420371199 The climax of the story "Monsters Are Due On Maple Street," is when Charlie kills Pete Van Horn. The major part of foreshadowing in the story is when the story states " The dark figure continues to walk toward them. The group there, fearful, apprehensive, mothers clutching children, men standing in front of wives. Charlie slowly raises the gun. As the figure gets closer and closer he suddenly pulls the trigger. " This foreshadows that Charlie is going to shoot and kill the creature that is walking towards them which ends up being Pete Van Horn.]]> 2019-12-05 17:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/420371199 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/420409182 The climax of "Monsters are due on Maple Street", is when Pete Van Horn gets killed by Charlie by accident. The excerpt that foreshadows this event occurring states “The dark figure continues to walk toward them. Charlie slowly raises the gun. He suddenly pulls the trigger.  Steve races forward over to him. Steve is there first and turns the man over. Now the crowd gathers around them. It's Pete Van Horn.” This shows that Charlie killed Pete Van Horn out of paranoia.]]> 2019-12-05 18:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/420409182 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/420412817 The climax of the story, "Monsters are Due on Maple Street" is when the crowd of the people of Maple Street start blaming each other for the incident of shooting Pete Van Horn. The foreshadowing of this event was when a boy named Tommy confronts Charlie and Steve. He then introduces a new theory about how there is an alien spy in the crowd of humans. This theory then leads to suspicion in the crowd. From this event you can tell that later on in the story there will be an event that leads to the blame and superstition on everyone introduced in the story.]]> 2019-12-05 18:43:36 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/420412817 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/420413335 The climax of the short story, "Monsters Are Due On Maple Street" is when the two silhouettes come out of the house and say that they turned off some of the machines just to see them in the darkness. The events that lead up to and foreshadow this event is when a woman confronted Mr.Goodman of looking up in the sky looking for something. Even though he denied it, it turned out to be him and his wife that are the aliens. He was also the only one that could start up his car after the power went out.]]> 2019-12-05 18:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/420413335 eobre25_1_2 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/420417472 the climax of the story is when Charlie shot Pete van horn. the events that foreshadowed this is at the beginning of the story when nothing work which made Pete van horn go to the other neighborhood and check if there light worked. the next event was when Tommy mentioned that aliens sent someone down to prepare the landing . when Pete van horn got back from the other neighborhood Charlie thought he was a alien and shot him.]]> 2019-12-05 18:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/420417472 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/420423939 The climax of the story is when Charlie killed Pete Van Horn. One thing that might have foreshadowed this is when Pete left the neighborhood to see if anybody else's power is out. The reader would assume that he would come back at some point later in the story. ]]> 2019-12-05 18:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/420423939 jholt251_3 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421220758 The climax of the story is when Charlie killed his neighbor Pete Van Horn. The part where it foreshadowed the climax was when Don brought out the shotgun, then Steve took the shotgun, and Charlie took the shotgun from Steve's hands and shot Pete Van Horn.]]> 2019-12-07 21:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421220758 jdelg25_2 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421403235 The climax of the story was when Pete Van Horn was shot and killed by his neighbor Charlie. This is the climax of the story because this is the most intense part of this story. One event that might have foreshadowed this event was when Pete Van Horn came back from his journey to see if any other neighborhood had their power out. This is foreshadowing because this is an event that led toward his death, since the neighborhood people did not know who or what he was.]]> 2019-12-09 00:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421403235 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421437403 The climax of the story, "Monsters Are Due On Maple Street" is when Charlie shot Pete Van Horn. The part that takes place of foreshadowing is when it states that "The dark figure continues to walk toward them. Charlie slowly raises the gun. He suddenly pulls the trigger.  Steve races forward over to him. Steve is there first and turns the man over. Now the crowd gathers around them. It's Pete Van Horn.” So this shows evidence that Charlie shot Pete Van Horn. ]]> 2019-12-09 03:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421437403 csury25_2 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421674188 The climax of the story, 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘋𝘶𝘦 𝘖𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵, was when Charlie shot a neighbor called Pete Van Horn. There was a figure in the distance. Everyone was scared. Don Martin handed Charlie a shotgun because he might need it. Everyone was paranoid and Charlie just shot. The events that foreshadowed this was that everyone was scared because strange things have been happening. The power, radio, and cars aren't working. Occasionally, someone's lights or car would turn on and that made people even more distrustful and scared. After everyone building up fear, Pete Van Horn was coming back from going to the next street. Charlie shot by impulse and instinct in the heat of the moment. ]]> 2019-12-09 16:03:00 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421674188 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421854742 The climax of the story, Monsters Are Due On Maple Street occured when Pete Van Horn was shot and killed by his neighbor, Charlie. The intense scenes before the scene in which Pete was shot foreshadows Pete's untimely death. Everyone was high strung and nervous and when Charlie shot Pete, chaos broke out. Before this, everyone was blaming each other but most didn't voice their opinions. However, after Pete was shot, everyone began to openly accusing each other and even mobbing the people they accuse. ]]> 2019-12-09 20:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421854742 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421854981 The climax of the story is when Charlie shot Pete Van Horn. This event foreshadowed that more strange things start to happen to the power, radios, and cars. This drove everyone in to fear and they broke out into a mob and tried to get Charlie. The people tried to get Charlie because he didn't shoot the monster, he shot Pete who was trying to check the power.]]> 2019-12-09 20:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421854981 eagui252_2 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421855784 The Climax of the story of "Monsters Are Due On Maple Street" is when Charlie kills Pete Van Horn by shooting him with a gun. The event that foreshadowed Charlie shooting was when everyone began pointing fingers and they thought monsters were coming. When Pete walked up he seemed to them as a dark figure but before Charlie checked he shot poor Pete.]]> 2019-12-09 20:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421855784 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421855944 The climax of the story was when Pete Van Horn was shot. This is the point of most action. The tension in the people is built up and when Charlie shoots Pete the story starts to vaguely describe whats happens creating falling action.]]> 2019-12-09 20:32:25 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421855944 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421856063 The climax of the story, "Monsters Are Due On Maple Street" was when Charlie grabbed the shotgun from Steve's hands and shot the figure that was down the street. That figure was Pete Van Horn. The event that foreshadowed this scene was when people became paranoid about any little thing that happened. ]]> 2019-12-09 20:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421856063 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421856222 The climax of the story was when Charlie kills Pet Van Horn.  This was the climax  because the part leading up to it was when they were already all on edge and Charlie  shot the gun and it ended up being a ally.]]> 2019-12-09 20:32:53 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421856222 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421856294 The climax of the story is when Charlie shoots Pete Van Horn. He shot him because he was scared that Pete was a monster. What may have foreshadowed this was them arguing before this happened. And also a line by Goodman a while before this happened, "And you don't even know what you're starting because let me tell you...let me tell you - this thing you're starting - that should frighten you.¨ His words foreshadowed that something that something bad is going to happen.]]> 2019-12-09 20:33:02 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421856294 cugal25_1_4 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421856384 The climax of the story "Monsters Are Due On Maple Street" is when Charlie shoots Pete Van Horn. Charlie shot Pete Van Horn because he is accusing Pete Van Horn of being an alien. The event that foreshadowed is when the killing of Pete Van Horn is when Don Brought out the shotgun, then, Steve took it, and Charlie took the gun. Another event that was foreshadowed is when Dons words said, "We might need this shotgun for later." These events foreshadow the climax.]]> 2019-12-09 20:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421856384 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421858945 The climax of the story is when Charlie shot Pete Van Horn. What foreshadows this is when the line "...before the monsters came" foreshadows all the chaos that will happen later on in the story, beginning with Pete Van Horn getting shot]]> 2019-12-09 20:37:51 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421858945 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421859603 The climax of the story "Monsters Are Due On Maple Street is when Charlie shot the neighbor Pete Van Horn. The event that foreshadowed the death of Pete is when "The dark figure continues to walk towards them. Charlie slowly raises the gun. He suddenly pulls the trigger. Steve faces towards them. Steve is there first and turns the man over. Now the crowd gathers around them."]]> 2019-12-09 20:39:08 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421859603 https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421861870 The climax of the story was when Charlie shot Pete Van Horn. He shot Pete because it was dark and he thought Pete was a creature in the distance. Charlie was alarmed and wanted to protect the neighborhood. The event that foreshadowed the climax was when "he swings the gun around to point it toward the sidewalk." Also the part where "Charlie slowly raises the gun".]]> 2019-12-09 20:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/leslie_hefler/z305dlml64n9/wish/421861870