George Orwell "Animal Farm" essay - "Human nature exposed in the novel" (0)

Human nature exposed in G.Orwell’s „ Animal Farm “
Humans are the most deceitful animals in the World. Even if we do not want to confess it to ourselves, we have to accept the fact that humans constantly change their ways of thinking and acting to make the World a better place to live in for themselves. Our lives are fulfilled with lies we enter to our or someone else ’s mind. A lot of it is connected to people’s constant need of power and control . “Animal Farm” is a book that reverberates that kind of human nature through politics , dictatorship and power, but in nowadays ’ World this kind of behaviour occurs also in our everyday life, not only politics.
First of all humans are in a constant need of power. The essence of the power does not even matter as long as they have some kind of control. It could be control over some group, over a person and his mind, actions and thoughts or just over a certain situation where we want to gain a higher role so everything could be under their command. People are willing to do everything to get others under their control. In “Animal Farm” Napoleon ’s first act to gain his leadership was the betrayal of his fellow leader and friend Snowball. Napoleon and Snowball did not agree on their views of leading the farm and Napoleon, who could not deal with divided power, drove Snowball away . So do humans nowadays. The moment they feel threatened by others’ support for someone else’s ideas , views and power, a certain protective reflex pushes them to defend and fight for their position . Humans are too selfish, self-centered and egoistic to share their desired position with someone else.
Besides the thirst for individual power, the methods people use to gain it are even more absurd . The best example would be lying . In “Animal Farm” Napoleon gradually started inventing more and more lies, which would justify and explain his decisions and acts . The pigs started altering the Seven Commandements for their own well-being. They changed them to make their life more enjoyable and comfortable. It’s also in humans’ nature to tell lies just to inluence other ’s opinions, to make them look good in someone’s eyes or just because telling others something they want to hear or believe grows a certain kind of respect and belief in people. Another technique Napoleon used to increase his power over other animals was telling bizarre and libellous stories of Snowball. This motivated other animals to work harder and as a unit against Snowball. This brainwash is something people tend to do, not only in politics, but also in everyday life. They come up with a specific goal that everyone pursues so they would get people’s support, respect and commitment .
In addition to get people under someone’s control by telling them lies, it is in human nature to use specific attributes for their own benefit . In the book Napoleon took advantage of the fact that he was smarter and more astute than the other animals. He exploited their trust and their stupidity. Napoleon made other animals do loads of work, saying that pigs should not burden themselves with working , as they have to do all the thinking. Although animals were very tired and Napoleon had sold much of their food for money , they were still happy . They believed that as long as life develops and prospers, everything is good. They considered every word that Napoleon said to be true and Napoleon used it for his own good. It is also very common in today ’s World, where people take advantage of others’ weaker sides and turn them good for their own benefit.
In conclusion humans could be considered as very self-centered creatures, who all in all aim at individual power over other people. They are capable of doing anything just as long as it will produce good results and bring them the outcome they were targeting for. The same thing is reflected in “Animal Farm” – the brutal dishonesty and injustice against others just to achieve your goals and to satisfy your power-hunger.