Arrogance In Animal Farm

The Relevance of Animal Farm

Through Arrogance and Exploitation

The human race can be admired by its great feats–the moon landing, the invention of the internet, and the creation of modern society. However, humans have problems that not only cause damage to themselves, but destroy everything else around them. The argument of being right versus someone else being wrong–arrogance–will drive a person to the greatest degrees of anger, causing mass suffering to everything else involved. Not only arrogance, but achieving power, and using it to destroy others for one’s own benefit–exploitation–is a crucial factor in many human conflicts. The abuse of power puts others down so one person can live a life of luxury and comfort, usually in the form of

Using his power, Napoleon assumes his titles of “Animal Hero”, as he believes that his judgment was the only clear and correct option. Additionally, he uses his newly bred dogs to strike fear, further bolstering his perspective on what is right and wrong. This type of arrogance for a character like Napoleon is important because it allows the author to create a sin, or folly for the reader to disagree with or oppose. Outside of the story, the clear indication of the bad characteristics–such as arrogance–that are depicted in Napoleon’s character make it very simple for modern readers to understand the concept of, further instilling the fact that Animal Farm is still relevant today. Adding on, the concept of power abuse, or exploitation, is also prominent in Animal Farm. Not long after the pigs’ discovery of the “house”–where they broke one of the seven commandments by entering and exploring the building–an issue including the milk had arisen, causing mass confusion amongst the animals.

Discrimination against muslims in northern China, a large yet shadowed issue, is a fine example on how arrogance and exploitation influences decisions made on governing society. The Uyghurs–a muslim minority of China–have been oppressed by the arrogant Chinese government for years, with over 2 million being put in camps since 2017. Chinese authorities have gone as far as “reeducating” them, as per their efforts to stop terrorism and “religious extremists” according to Chinese leadership. Major islamophobia in China began after "the 9/11 attacks, [when] the Chinese government started justifying its actions toward Uyghurs as part of the Global War on Terrorism. It said it would combat what it calls “the three evils”—separatism, religious extremism, and international terrorism—at all costs.” (Maizland). Simply by flawed science of correlation implies causation, China ignores any other aspect of the issue and declares that Uyghurs must be terminated because of their religion that they practice. Proposing an argument without any recognition of the other perspectives is the ultimate form of arrogance. By looking at data and reports of the China-Uyghur issue, it is clear that arrogance–in the form of making false arguments–affects millions, by suffering and death. Hand in hand with arrogance, exploitation of power caused by a one-sided argument can