People’s actions can affect the world in a negative way by not understanding the power of the weapons they’re using, for example "...some of us considered the bomb in the category as poison or gas..." (Hersey, 89) This quote states that the bomb was dropped by the U.S was thought to be a giant version of the gas bomb and did not expect death and destruction on such a severe level.
On the other hand people can affect the in a positive way by banding together for a bigger cause, like how “The