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An analysis of money worship in the Million Pound Bank Note Abstract: The Million Pound Bank Note 1 is one of famous short stories by Mark Twin. In this short story, the author depicts an adventure of an American man who lives a life of poverty in London to demonstrate the mammonish society at that time that all people worship money through his humorous language. The language and conducts of all kinds of characters in this short story present the money-oriented mind more or less. The money worship has great effects on their life and fate as well as the society. Key words: The Million Pound Bank Note, money worship, effects, language and conducts, fate, society. 1. Introduction At that time, people in the society all believe that money is everything. People of all works worship the money blindly and regard the money as the highest value and meanwhile hold the view that all values are subordinate the value of money. The author depicts different performance of different characters when they are confronted with the million pound dollar to satire the idea that “money is everything” and expose the ugly face of capitalist society and the rule of darkness. 2. Some information of the author Samuel?Langhorne?Clemens?(November?30,?1835?–?April?21,?1910),?well?known?by?his?pen?name?Mark?Twain,?was?an?American?author?and?humorist.?Mark?Twain?is?noted?for?his?novels?Adventures?of?Huckleberry?Finn?(1884),?which?has?been?called?the?Great?American?Novel,?and?The?Adventures?of?Tom?Sawyer?(1876).?Mark?Twain?was?a?friend?to?presidents,?artists,?industrialists,?and?European?royalty.?Mark?Twain?was?very?popular,?and?his?keen?wit?and?incisive?satire?earned?praise?from?critics?and?peers.?Upon?his?death?he?was?lauded?as?the?greatest?American?humorist?of?his?age,?and?William?Faulkner?called?Mark?Twain?the?father?of?American?literature. 3. An analysis of money worship through language and conducts of different characters Money worship2 is a ideological and ethical view of the supremacy of