Within his essay of The Damned Human Race, author Mark Twain powerfully declares that the human race is both flawed and corrupt, and that people actually should be classified as “lower animals” rather than the formerly known “higher animals.” Twain does not hold claim to a Darwinian or creation standpoint, but rather draws conclusions from his own observations in performed experiments. He states that “man is the cruel animal,” and that we can attribute this to his moral character. However, there appears to be another side which contradicts his findings. Perhaps man is indeed the “highest animal,” but possesses something which other animals do not.
Twain claims that his observations are based on experiments executed in the London Zoological Gardens. With these examinings, he went on to state that humans displayed a variety of shortcoming not seen in other animals. His first point was that humans were cruel, while other animals were not. This was backed by the story of the hunter......
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