The Immoral Relationship Between Man and Beast In the book, God of Monsters, author David Quammen uses his text to describe the relationship between man and beast, in that humans believe it is moral to kill and exploit animals in order to cope with their internal fear of them. Quammen throughout his entire book explains examples in which civilized humans destroy the natural wildlife around them. The author quoted a man in his book that stated, “there is in man a cultural instinct to separate himself from and destroy wild beasts.” (Quammen p.194). He uses this quote for his readers to realize how humans set themselves apart from the animal kingdom. To Quammen, humans naturally fear nature, therefore, to deal with this, they put themselves on top. By doing so humans feel more superior and removed from the top predators on the food chain.…show more content… “Amenophis III tells of that ruler’s having killed 102 lions… Lion killing passed as voucher of majesty.” (Quammen p. 25). Even as far back as the Eightieth Dynasty, human civilians were finding ways to cope with their fear of the ferocious beast. These pharos hunted lions for the title of greatness. They bragged about the amount of lions, elephant, and bulls they were able to kill. This murderous attitude was dismissed due to the fact that these pharos, Quammen believed, were fearful of all these animals. In order to hide their terror, the pharos caused a massacre of these majestic creatures and made it viewed it has
