Thomas Berry argues that European colonial settlers and their descendants were predators on the people and lands of North America in his book The World of Wonder. Berry mentions that when the Europeans arrived to this continent, they were in a way escaping the oppressive and tyrannical monarchical governments of Europe. However, over a short period of time, these same people that escaped the government control started to rule and control the people and the land of North America. Berry says that as the Europeans got on this continent, they had a dream of “manifest destiny”; they didn’t care…