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Questions and Answers：Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English.How do you interpret the meaning of “the damned human race” with reference to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain?
【正确答案】：

HUCK IS POLARIZED BY THE TWO OPPOSING FORCES BETWEEN HIS HEART AND HIS HEAD. HUCK'S FINAL DECISION——TO FOLLOW HIS OWN GOOD-HEARTED MORAL IMPULSE RATHER THAN CONVENTIONAL VILLAGE MORALITY——AMOUNTS TO VINDICATION OF WHAT MARK TWAIN CALLED “THE DAMNED HUMAN RACE.”DAMNED FOR ITS COMFORTABLE HYPOCRISIES,ITS THOROUGHGOING DISHONESTIES, AND ITS PERVASIVE CRUELTIES.

【题目解析】：哈克的内心和头脑被两种相反的力量极化了。哈克最后的决定——追随自己善良的道德冲动，而不是传统的乡村道德——相当于为马克吐温(Mark Twain)所说的“该死的人类”正名。“它令人舒服的虚伪、彻底的失礼和无处不在的残忍，都受到了谴责。