A.) violence and savagery
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"You just expected him to kill someone else, some of those foreigners, that weren't there because they had any say about it, but because they had to be there, poor wretches—conscripts, or whatever they call 'em"
These lines are a manifestation of author's strong opposition to the traditional ways of showing patriotism, showing empathy towards the poor and helpless foreigners who could not do anything and were likely to be killed.
The writer who wrote a humorous tales about the Gold Rush was Mark Twain, his writing was characterized by his satirical sense of humor and this was the same thing that made him loved among the critics.
Twain wrote a lot of things about the gold rush because it was a time that influenced him in a very personal way, he lived the struggles and changes that all this economic rush gave to America and its citizens.
The carp is used to represent pain
