Although most individuals have a sense of human kindness, man inflicts cruelty and offensive behavior therefore, Mark Twain is correct in his statement. From a human’s perspective we are able to categorize a person as kind or cruel by the actions which they show, how they are seen, and the words they speak. Humans have been alive for thousands of centuries evolving around different characteristics. Some people might argue that humans aren 't the only cruel animal but that is not the case. Normally humans inflict emotional pain to one another out of pleasure, the feeling of doing the action and simply because it is in our nature. Any human has the capability of commiting appalling actions under the right conditions. In Mark Twain’s “The Lowest Animal” there are many observations he has proven to be correct. In his essay he states the true reality of mankind and how cruelty resides in their human nature. He persuades us that man is ignorant, avaricious and foolish. Twain writes “He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and with calm pulse to exterminate his kind”. This is true in many cases in terms of war and violence. There are events today that have caused great trauma throughout civilizations and it all comes down to one simple fact, the gruesome behavior of man is the responsibility for it. Our world has faced many genocides in relation to this such as the extermination of Jews or the cultural revolution in china. There is not a