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How Are The Overlords Depicted As Devils?
The Overlords are depicted as devils because of the way they swooped in and didn’t use any force or threats and basically took control of the human race. By using their intelligence to manipulate human beings into doing what they wanted. This is similar to the way the devil is portrayed in Christianity. For example in the first chapter when the overlords arrived they did not use any violence instead they took control of the earth in a different manner by eliminating governments from fighting with themselves. They stopped war, disease and hunger and raised the standard of living on earth. (Clarke, 1953) They also managed to control the countries that did not agree with them by basically performing magic tricks I would say for example when

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