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What is satirized in this excerpt from mark twain's "the £1,000,000 bank-note"? i was pretty nervous, in fact, pretty badly frightened, though, of course, i was no way in fault; but i knew men well enough to know that when they find they've given a tramp a million-pound bill when they thought it was a one-pounder, they are in a frantic rage against him instead of quarreling with their own near-sightedness, as they ought.

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In this excerpt from Mark Twain's "The £1,000,000 Bank-Note," the narrator's fear of being blamed for the mistake of being given a million-pound bill instead of a one-pound bill is satirized. Twain is poking fun at the idea that people are often quick to blame others for their own mistakes, rather than taking responsibility for their own actions. The narrator's fear of being blamed for something that was not his fault highlights the irrational and unjust nature of this type of thinking

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