Twain's Attack on Humanity of Humankind
In the novel Letters from the Earth, Twain reveals his hatred towards humankind, and illustrates his distrust for people in general. This dark satire is nothing like the other books that I have read by Twain, but I enjoyed it more. Because of the novels content it was not published until years after his death. The most interesting topics that Twain proposes were that of man versus animal, and free will versus determinism. It poses …
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…power over the other animals. Instead of abusing this power and using the tools to self destruct other humans, man should begin to act like they are the more superior ones.
Works Cited:
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DeVoto B. Letters from the Earth. Harper Perennial. New York, New York. c1962.
Vernon T. "Samuel Clemens" http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/twainver.ht
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