How does the screenplay in the monsters are due on maple street relate to the domestic political atmosphere in america during the cold war?

Answer 1

By displaying that if a type of bogey man is created, peoples' irrational fears will take over, discarding rationale and finding ghost where there really are none. Specifically, it could be most likened to the Senator McCarthy red scare and witch trials, in which McCarthy created such an atmosphere of fear of communists among us, that neighbors were suspicious of one another and counted innocent people were put on trial due to rumor and unjust suspicion, rather than actual evidence.