Rhetorical Analysis Of The Damned Human Race

The Success of “The Damned Human Race” The Damned Human Race was a satirical piece written by Mr. Mark Twain during a dark time in his life. After being given a chance to read the essay people may choose to think that his essay was a complete failure and begin to site source after source to prove their points. By using a different thought process the reader is swayed into seeing how truly successful this essay is. Mr. Twain’s use of satire, pathos and logos throughout the entire essay stayed consistent which supports the following point. Using satire, pathos and lothos Mr. Twain succeeded in his argument that the human race is on a rapid decline. Throughout The Damned Human Race Mr. Twain consistently used satire to show his disgust with humans in general. The experiments that he subjected the animals to and the resulting observations where almost comical but they connected valid points. One that stood out more than others was an experiment involving anacondas, their prey, Earls and a herd of buffalo. The Earls where taken on a hunting …show more content…
The message was that humankind was degenerating back into a savage state. Mr. Twain used a consistent tone throughout the entire piece and he never strayed off the path that was being built. As each paragraph transitioned into the next the same thought was being passed along. Humankind knows what is wrong but they continue to do it anyway. With examples such as religious killings, killing for sport and understanding the morals of humanity it’s something that reaches into each and every person. They may not relate to each scenario as something they may have directly done, such as the cat playing with a mouse before killing it. However, he draws on the knowledge that humans have done very similar things just for their own entertainment. Mr. Twain very easily succeeded in using lothos to prove that humankind is not progressing but