Jonathan Liu
Ms. Senger
END2D1
28 May 2015
News Paper Article
Throughout the novel there was a theme of power which had been demonstrated by the
taken over to be the superior between the two of them. An example of this power struggle of
mankind was when the Martians had first arrived on to Earth and had used powerful technology
like the Heat-Ray to overpower humans. The humans tried to fight back but were of no effect
against the Martians. This theme overall relates to society today as many countries strive for
power. Across the world this a big problem as there are many groups such as ISIS or countries
such as North Korea that abuse their power to harm innocent lives and want to become the
dominant force. Yet governments of the United States of America and Canada do not abuse
power in a bad way. These countries use power to support other countries and to make the
world an equal nation that can coexist peacefully, but the problem has only been minimized by
a little over the past century. This is so because in the past the world had problems with power
which had lead to wars such as World War I and World War II where many nations battle to
be victorious over one another. These wars were caused as one nation or leader had desired
for power and wanted the world. There are still power issues within our countries such as
discrimination. This problem has a relation to power as in recent news police abuse their power
to harm African-Americans based on their skin colour. This problem has been minimized over
the past years with strong, influential characters that had made a difference, but has not been
completely eliminated. Cases such as Michael Brown where a white cop had shot Michael Brown
as he had opposed no threat towards the cop and later in court the cop was let free. This was
an act of abuse of power similar how the Martians oppressed the humans with their power.
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