On Beasts and Brains The hungry lion looks at his prey and his moth begins to salivate as he narrows his crosshairs in on the oblivious cheerful bunny from around the corner. His kill instinct takes over and in a moments notice; the bunny resides in the king of the jungles belly. He didnt torture his defenseless food or rape or beat ithe just let his instincts rule his actions. He only asserts his strength when necessary, and wouldnt think to be cruel or to brutally torture his lion peers. An animal cares about survival of themselves and occasionally their offspring. They dont torture on another, let alone their own species. An animal cares about survival of themselves and occasionally their offspring. They dont torture on another, let alone their own species. As humans we have used our brains for evil it seams like sometimes. We torture ourselves in more complex and sinister ways than should be tolerated. In all of our sophistication we have also become cruel. Both Ovid and Vonnegut agree that humans would be better off without there complex brains, but they cease to remember the beauty that our pesky brains can produce. Ovid shows that humans both torture each other and are extremely foolish because of there brains. Ovid writes, "the king is cruelthat she was raped?against her will, he pays no heed, inflicts?a brutal burial in a deep ditch;?the sand heaped over her is heavy, thick" (Ovid Book 4 Lines 237-240). The Kings daughter is raped against her will, and the king doesnt even car that this torture is happening to his own daughter. Similarly, Ovid writes of the price that humans must pay for being foolish on numerous accounts. He writes, And no council could dissuade?the mind of Pentheus. They can't stay his rage;?their calls for calm don't check him they abet?the force they would repress: so have I seen?a torrent there where nothing curbed its courage ?flow rather peacefully no rage, no roar;?but where it had been dammed wher