The Damned Human Race

Twain writes this essay to state how animals are a higher species than man. The first point he states is how evil man is. Animals kill for a purpose of survival when man kills with out reason. Next he reminds us that man will store, as in money, more than he can ever use. Man remebers injuries and insults so he gets revenge. The passion of revenge is unkown for animals. Man has has feelings that he has invented that animals know nothing about. Man is the only animal that engages in warfare and offers to fight when animals only fight when it is needed. Animals rob for survival and man is the only one that has ever robbed someone of their country. Man has people do work for them, unlike animals. Man murdered humans around the globe due to religion for centuries when animals have no idea of religion. Man is unreasoning when animals learn to get along. Twain states that man has a defect called Moral Sense and is the only animal that has it. Moral Sense is the quality that enables man to do wrong. It also gives men the ability to distinguish good from evil. Twain finds that we have descended from some far ancestor and are the lowest species living.

I think Twain had many great and true points. I especially agree with the point that man will store more money than they can even use when animals only store the amount of food they need. I also strongly agree with the fact that men get other people to do their work when animals hunt for their own food. I do not agree with the point that animals rob for food and man is the only one that has ever taken over someone's land. I believe that animals will also fight for a place to live and man is not the only animal to take over someone elses home. I think that this is an effective essay because he gave points that were easily believable and well discribed. Twain's points made me think that men really are the lowest of all species.