The Damned Human Race By Mark Twain: Response

“The Damned Human Race” by Mark Twain: Summary/Response In “The Damned Human Race” by Mark Twain humans are referred to as a “descent from the Higher Animals.” Humankind is compared to a different sort of animals throughout this passage, and in all of the comparisons, humans are more corrupt than the animal. Also, Twain states how indecency, vulgarity, and obscenity are strictly confined to man because man created them. Twain is declaring that Mankind is the only slave, and the only animal that enslaves, and that is how we created those three qualities. Lastly, Twain says that throughout all the descents of the Higher Animal, we, Mankind, are the lowest, there is nothing below us. “The Damned Human Race” has many points in which I agree