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An Analysis of the Theme of Reason and Humanity of Mark Twain's A Dog's Tale

  

  1. 1.Foreign Languages Department, Shanxi Datong University, Hunyuan Branch, Hunyuan, Shanxi 037400, China;
    2.School of Foreign Languages, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China
  • Received:2012-11-05 Revised:2013-02-25 Online:2013-05-15 Published:2013-05-15

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Abstract:

Science has changed the relationship between human and nature. In A Dog's Tale, the first-person narrator "I" compared its story with her mother and the Grays to the duel between humanity and reason. With the triumph of reason, represented by Mr. Gray, humanity was defeated, which declares human beings' degeneration to beasts.

Key words: humanity, reason, moral

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