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The DamnedHuman RaceMade by JYYYThe authorThe authorBornSamuel Langhorne ClemensNovember 30, 1835Florida, Missouri, U.S.DiedApril 21, 1910?(aged?74)Redding, Connecticut, U.S.Pen nameMark TwainOccupationWriter, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, lecturerNotable worksAdventures of Huckleberry FinnThe Adventures of Tom SawyerRelativesJohn Marshall Clemens(father)Orion Clemens?(brother)The background The three decades after the Civil War of the United States were characterized by cutthroat competition, child labor robber barons and labor riots, corruption and unethical business practices, spread of the jungle law and racial conflicts and imperialist wars.The authorThe structureThe structureThink about: Is this article written in a colloquial or formal way?Answer:Language: formal (big words, long sentences, serious tone, etc)He pretends to be reporting on a scientific experiment.Tone: tongue-in-cheek To achieve humor.The authorThe structureThe analysis and appreciationThe analysisThesis statement:I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the “lower animals”, and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me. (Para. 1)Q: Why is lower animals put in quotation mark? * Notice the tongue-in-cheek way the author expresses his ideas. Find out:The only one feature of human being1.Man is the only one that deals in the atrocity of war.4.Man is the only Patriot.3.Man is the only Slave and the only who enslaves.5.Man is the only religious animal.2.Man is the only one that robs his helpless fellow of his country.6.Man is incurably foolish. More informationThe Hessians were the German mercenaries (Soldiers who will fight anybody for wages are call mercenaries) serving with the British during the American Revolution. The Germans constituted about one third of the King’s troop in America. For these mercenaries, Britain paid the German rulers a total of 1.77 million pounds.Conclusion And so I find that we have descended and d