They argue that plants have no brain or nerves. But plants DO send electrical signals and do respond to pain/stimuli . However plants are not 'sentient' as some veg*ans say.
Technically they are sentient in a way, it depends on how literal you want to be with the definition of sentient.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.