Persuasive Appeals Enable Successful ArgumentsAmerican literature is full of writings that have defined historical authors using an argumentative point of view. Mark Twain was one of those authors. One work in which Twain used an argumentative point of view is "The Damned Human Race". Twain was a very persuasive author and demonstrated his abilities in this work by challenging Darwin's theory that man descended from animals. There are three appeals within literature identified by Aristotle that an author uses to support their argument. These appeals are pathos (emotions), ethos (ethics), and logos (logic). Twain used appeals to pathos and logos to support his argument while capturing the reader's attention by using vivid details to establish the tone and atmosphere of his argument. Mark Twain wrote in vivid detail describing his view that man is inferior or an offshoot of animals. Twain stated, “Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity (these are strictly limited to man); he invented them. (Twain) Twain made the In "The Damned Human Race," Mark Twain used pathos and appeals to logos to make his case against Darwin's theory, setting the tone and atmosphere with vivid detail that allowed the mind of the target audience to awaken. Twain used appeals to pathos and logos combined to support the reasoning for his argument. This support provided vivid and logical examples of his experiments. Throughout this writing, Twain provided example after example of how he believes man is inferior to animals. These examples allow the audience to put them into their own perspective, while still providing pathos to set the mood persuasively. “The damned human race” was a powerful argument and provides solid support for outlining Mark Twains' theory