Mark Twain writes the essay “The Damned Human Race” to make the point that he believes that man is the bottom stage of development and there is nothing below them. He uses many points to prove his point throughout the essay. Twain emphasizes the fact that man is not superior and uses facts dealing with moral sense, greed, foolishness and war to show their lack of strength. The first point he writes about is greed. He writes about how man always is looking for more and is never satisfied. He did an experiment with animals giving them an opportunity to receive as much food as they would like. The wild animals though stopped when they gathered enough for winter’s supply, knowing having more than needed is unnecessary. The next significant point
