Damned Human Race

The reading is basically speaking about the human race, which is thought to be a higher animal, whereas it is the lowest animal. According to the author, human beings tend to do the opposite of what they are thought to actually be. When all animal are combined, human beings become the only animals which can turn against each other, for their own self-interests. This consequently shows how human beings have turned against each other, in order to be able to enrich themselves (Mark, (n.p)). The author has consequently provided solid evidence, which explains why he regards human beings as the lower animals.

The author has used descriptive style of writing, in order to provide clear evidence to back his claims. This has therefore seen the author providing examples between human beings and other animals, whereby he compares the actions of human beings to that of the animals (Mark, (n.p)). For instance, the story whereby hunters killed seventy two buffaloes, only to eat one living the seventy one buffaloes to rot. In a different scenario, the other forced seven calves into an anaconda cage, and the anaconda attacked and killed one calf before slipping away. In the two scenarios, the author therefore shows how animals reason as compared to human beings, making human beings to be the lower animals. Throughout the reading, the author has used lots of scenarios in order to explain his claims.

The introduction and the conclusion of the reading is very clear, in that the introduction introduces the reader to the discussion. The introduction hooks the reader, simply because it begins with a sentence where the author asks if today’s newspaper feature information about people fighting in any part of the world (Mark, (n.p)). This line hooks the reader, through making the reader to be very curious about such information. The conclusion has summarised the discussions of the paper, thus showing how the author was able to back up his claims.

Work Cited

Mark Twain. The Damned Human Race.