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I think Mark Twain wrote "The Lowest Animal" as a critique on humans and how unnecessarily cruel they can be. He explains how other animals are reserved or calm, and then he explains how cruel we can be. For example he says : "of all of the animals, man is the only one that is cruel," or when he says "they killed seventy-two of those great animals; and ate part of one of them and left the seventy-one to rot." He's making a point that since we're the only ones who do this then we must be the lowest animal, hence the title.

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“The Lowest Animal” was very eye opening and it made me really reflect about how we as a society behave.Twain states points which really make the human seem as the destroyer of life on earth. He really described how hypocrite and ignorant mankind is because we think that we are in some way better than animals, when animals behave in a more civilized manner than we do.  This story is not meant to be taken serious, but mostly to make us reflect on our actions. I personally really liked this story because it truly gets you thinking. After reading this I realized truly how much we need to better in our society to get rid of greed, anger, selfishness, and emotions such as these because they make us do atrocious things.

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Mark Twain wrote "The Lowest Animal" to compare humans to animals. He compares them by how they are move civilized than humans. Twain was angry that humans took advantage to attack others with religion and basically judging other people for their own beliefs. This short story changed my perspective because I never thought of how animals are more peaceful than humans.

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The Lowest Animal Is a passage in which Twain focuses on the differences of mankind vs. animal behavior. This is a very interesting piece because it shows mankind as a horrible species compared to that of an animal. We may do similar things and have similar situations, but at the end of the day its all based on intentions, morals, and instinct. Its biased against mankind yet, this was written by a man who is in that species. Everything he mentioned was true and it makes you think about our actions and want to do better. No one really sees the faults unless its happening to them. This small comparison to animals just brought a whole new meaning to mankind.

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In the passage Mark compares humans to other animals. He talks about how humans aren’t that great even though we think of ourselves as the greatest. Mark expresses his disappointment in us and wants us to improve as a species. He depicts humans as being selfish and not caring about others which can be true to some extent. However not all humans are bad, and some are good and help others. He brings up many valid points and changed how I viewed us humans overall.

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In The Lowest Animal Twain compares humans to animals. Animals are set above humans because they know not what they do. Twain makes the point that man is greedy and takes what he wants, not what he needs. Animals are the opposite, as stated in the essay. Twain gives the example that man kills for sport and that animals kill for need. This essay mainly points out the evil in man, and the examples given further support that. The statements Twain makes about man is mainly negative. But on the other hand Twain also states that man is a patriot and that man is the only animal that has religion. This is ironic because man is the only "animal" that is able to develop a belief and stick to it. When man is compared to any animal, man will always be the cruel one.

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I think Mark Twain wrote this piece because the subject meant a lot to him and possibly affected him in a impactful way which gave him motivation to talk about this subject.  Twain develops his argument through all of these comparisons and examples, which all support his claim that "we have reached the bottom stage of development." He must have went through some trauma or something for him to come to this point of wanting to criticize society and humanity like this through satire. In my opinion that is what would make me write about something like this especially through satire.

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The part that stuck out the most to in, " The Lowest Animal" was that man is greedy. He wrote that animals only take what they need. For example, when Twain conducted the experiment in which he tried to make the animals take a huge amount of food, but they simply wouldn't. The animals only took enough food to last them through winter. Overall, I think the essay was pointing out how shallow man is with out even realizing it.

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Mark Twain wrote "The Lowest Animal" to show readers that humans may not be any better than what we consider sold animals. He gives us insight on what it wold be like from a scientific point of view. He used the scientific method to come to his conclusion that Mankind is the lowest on the animal spectrum. He explored our species from different standpoints. Mankind usually thinks of themselves at superior. He  shows us that we can be more cruel than other species.

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In the passage I think the main point that I took from it was that humans have their own characteristics like religion and patriotism but we abuse that by judging others for what they believe. We as humans our the worst critics, we judge others for having a different opinion on the littlest things and thats what has cause our society to become what it is. Twain has a very negative ideology of the human race and he is right we critic people on everything that they are doing. I think Patriotism plays a huge roll because we have differing opinions throughout the whole United States and many are bashed for having an opinion that is different from someone else.

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I believe "The Lowest Animal" was very enlightening, it opened up my eyes and showed me points of view I would never think of. Twain used Satire very well on this story, he used it in sort of a comparison from man to animal. Before reading this, I would not have agreed with anything he said, but after viewing things from his understanding I do. Mark Twain believed that Humans, the "dominant species" were no higher than animals but in fact lower. The message that I derived from his story was that humans may be the most gifted or smartest species, but we do not use this to our fullest potential. The gift of being able to reason and have moral sense is something that animals do not have yet they live in better peace than we do. That is why Twain believed we are below the higher animals. Humans are in some way literally the dominant species but I feel as though we could learn a thing or two about not necessarily just animals, but our world in general.

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Throughout this entire piece, Mark Twain makes several points about how the human race is in fact the lowest animal, which is a form of irony in itself. A normal person would see the title and expect the piece to be about a species of animal that was among the worst, food chain wise or other ways. But, he makes it about humans, and about how their traits have harmed themselves and the rest of the world, compared to animals and how the way they're living makes them better than humans. There are subtle examples of exaggeration, such as when he talks about the different people being put in the cage. That's also ironic, as some of the people in the cage are known in their religions for being peaceful.

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In the Lowest Animal, Mark Twain shares his opinion why humans are the worst animal of all. He talks about how we perceive ourselves as the best species who look down upon the other species. I didn't totally agree with all of his opinions but did with some of them. He made us out to look like completely terrible creatures who only care about ourselves. In reality we help a lot of animals and each other. I did agree with the statement about war and how we are the only species who kill for basically nothing. Mark Twain did expose me to different viewpoints on us as a species.

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Although Mark Twain seems to only point out our negative phases/characteristics, we do exhibit a positivity. Twain explains that Mankind is simply fighting for the possession of our world, and through our actions it certifies the fact that we are all looking for the same thing. Man would do anything to be at the top, but we refuse to see our actions as 'low'. "And in intervals between campaigns, he washes the blood off his hands and works for the universal brotherhood of math, with his mouth." This almost suggests that in the end, mankind is fighting for the same thing. Through their greed and violence, they search for the one thing that makes them better than everyone else.

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In The Lowest Animal, Twain shines a different light on all mankind. We see animals as cruel and scary and horrible. But in this essay, men are really the ones with no heart and no care about their animalistic actions. For example, in the paragraph about religion, he puts different animals in a cage and different men with different perspectives of religion in a cage. He trained the animals to get along and left the men to fend for themselves. Twain in this experiment, wants the readers to see that the men should have been more understanding like the animals.

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The “Lowest Animal” is a satire that critiques the human race. It is humorous and ironic. The irony of it is that what the human find good and what makes them higher could actually be what makes them lower. Their cruelty towards quadrupeds and humans as a way of dominance is actually a trivial feeling. Or pleasing others with killing other living things like going on a hunt to please someone who is considered important. Man shows a continuous loop of everything. Animals don’t kill each other for things and their fights of dominance is on one on one not a complete war. This satire gets the mind working. In ancient times animals would be the light of worship. They were seen as higher beings and would be kept in perfect condition for as along as they were alive. They were well taken care of. More so than other people. This entire satire makes completely valid points on why the animals could actually be higher than the human race.

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This satire piece itself is ironic in itself, contradicting its own points in order to get the word across as tomfoolery to the reader. Making them think of what humanity has done, rather that how ironic its become. Even before the first world war, he states such events as though they'd been common occurrence in this place. Satire literally means to,"criticize people's stupidity or vices." Meaning, their own wicked behavior that would stack up to those other "Higher Animals." Yet, we've tamed most animals in their own setting. The Rooster itself is not as prestigious as Twain describes it, despite being the meal we eat at Panda Express on a daily basis. We're made to think that it's "right" to do these normal acts, just as the chicken is right to fight till death for mating rights in a harem. Animals are totally in the wrong, they don't posses such human traits that would furthermore carry on our own superiority in Darwin's Theory on evolution. In Darwin's Theory, only the strongest survive. Well look at what we're eating and what we've been able to obtain from such dominance. This story only furthers the insight into how humanity itself, deformed into its own conscious right. Thus, being called the lowest animal is truly an honor. A scum among them all, who've scammed each other of our own species, caused the extinction of thousands of species, and ultimately melting the polar ice caps.

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In The Lowest Animal, Mark Twain gives people a different perspective on mankind. Today humans see ourselves as being the top dog in society. Mark Twain showed us that we aren't really because of our actions. For example, Mark Twain said that higher animals will take what they need and can't be persuaded to get more. Whereas people are too greedy and will take everything to themselves and not leave anything for others. I agree with Mark Twain because if humans want to be anything we need to change our actions to be better in todays society.

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Any book or documentary about evolution will describe humans as "primal" at the start of our evolution, when we were not "intelligent" in the way we are now. Mark Twain is presenting how these assumptions are wrong, and how hypocritical humanity is when discussing other species. They may describe other animals as unintelligent, cruel, or primal, when in reality they are the more morally right species. Twain explains this with countless examples such as how when an anaconda has had its fill of food, it will stop eating. But a man would kill seventy-two buffalo for fun and only eat part of one. Other animals don't feel greed, lust, or envy. Humans do, and that has resulted in death and destruction.

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After reading The Lowest Animal, the tables have turned. As humans we are looked at as the most dominate animal on the planet. With unlimited resources and things around us we should not only be the strongest, but the smartest. A animals live is an everyday struggle. They have to kill what they eat and sacrifice their lives to live. As human we seem to have no desire to live and are wasting our lives. We simply can not be satisfied and think we need more of everything, not understanding that what we could use is right next to us. Animals are nearly satisfied in everyday life by meeting their goals and surviving, only if humans could do the same.

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When first reading "The Lowest Animal", an essay by Mark Twain, my first thought was of the human species. It didn't take long for me to realize that my assumption was correct and it is somewhat disappointing that it was. In Twain's essay, he does a great job in expressing the faults of human beings by giving us examples of our cruelty from history and current events from his time of writing. He even goes as far to point out the defect inside all of us, the root of our problems as humanity which just so happened to be our morality. Ironically enough, we humans consider our morality as a type of blessing for it is what allows us to see what is good and evil. Although, like Twain had pointed out, it is also with this knowledge that we know to do evil. Our moral sense is what allows us to be generous and kind but it is also our moral sense that allows us to torture, kill, and to degrade and corrupt those around us. Humanity is complex, which could be why we consider ourselves as higher beings, but it is this complexity that makes us the "lower animal". Twain's essay just shows the irony in ourselves as a race, humanity more animalistic while animals more human.

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In "The Lowest Animal" humans are described as cruel and primal compared to other animal species. This is ironic because we refer to some people or things as "animals" or "savage" when we are more cruel ourselves than most species of animals in the world. We are so hypocritical in the way we see ourselves as a higher evolution of other animals when we can act so petty and cruel sometimes where in many cases we do things out of habit and want and other animals do these things all out of necessity. We are also conscious of our actions and their effects where many animals are not so they do not know if it is cruel to do something while we are aware of that and yet many people still act that way. I think the story really makes the reader think about why we act the way we do and if we really are any better than any other species of animal in the world.