Read the except from the Monster Male When a crowd gathers outside Les's house Steve comments. Let's not be a mob! What does this show As they suddenly start toward the house in this brief Bacton of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob. They begin to head purposefully across the street toward the house at the end Steve stands in front of them. For a moment their fear almal turns the walk into a wild stampede but Steve's voice loud, incisive and commanding, makes them stop He has managed to remain much more calm and rational than the rest of his neighbors He has become the main instigator of the mob as they rush towardles Goodman's house He has been taken over by emotions and lost his ability to think sensible He thinks the aliens are attacking the neighborhood and he must defend himselt STEVE Wait a minute. wait a minute! Let's not be a mob! The people stop as a group seem to pause for a moment and then much more quietly and slowly start to walk across the street.​