the mole flies , themselves , being the structurally-obsessed and compulsive creatures that they are , in all their habitual collecting , organizing , and re-organizing of found objects into mammoth installations of optimal functional value , are remarkably easy to control , especially as they are given to a rather false and arbitrary sense of hierarchy , ascribing positionsthat are otherwise trivial , yet necessarily mundane if only to obscure their true purposewith an unfathomable amount of honor , to the logical extreme that the few chosen to serve in their most esteemed ranks are imbued with a kind of obligatory arrogance that begins in the pupal stages and extends indefinitely , as they are further nurtured well into adulthood by a society that infuses its heroes of middle management with an immeasurable sense of importancea kind of celebrity status recognized by the masses as a living embodiment of their ideals .