Summary Of Huxley's 'Brave New World'

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When Thomas Henry Huxley states, “What would become of the garden if the gardener treated all the weeds and slugs and birds and trespassers as he would like to be treated, if he were in their place?” he is basically saying that not all creatures should be treated the same. When I first heard this quote, I thought right away that gardener was a very nice considerate person because in this quote Huxley is mentioning all the objects that would harm the garden. Weeds, slugs, birds and trespassers are the reasons why the garden gets mistreated so the thought that the gardener was thinking that he should treat them like he would want to be treated if he were in their place was very kind. I think this quote is a way of demonstrating that us people…show more content…
In my opinion, Huxley was saying that everyone is different. In society, most people harm others on purpose, which is not right. In this quote, Huxley is saying that the weeds, birds, slugs do not mean harm on purpose so that is why they should not do harm back. This quote reminded me of this book I read this summer, which was A Prayer For Owen Meany for my Honors English class. This novel was about two main characters that were best friends, Johnny Wheelwright and Owen Meany. The character Owen Meany was very short for his age and his voice was very weird, everyone that met him made fun of him. Besides the fact Owen was very strange to many people, Johnny was still his best friend he did not care about what people thought. Johnny and Owen were inseparable, this novel was overall the best book I read because it had a valuable message that everyone should be treated with respect despite the way they look or act. This quote is similar to the novel because Owen did not hurt the people made fun of him instead he did not mind, just like the gardener did not wan to hurt the weeds, slugs, birds because they were harming the
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