As soon as you start seeing things from the plant's point of view or the animal's point of view, you realize that the real literary conceit is that -- is the idea that nature is opposed to culture, the idea that consciousness is everything -- and that's another very important thing it does.
Imediat ce incepi sa vezi lucrurile din perspectiva unei plante sau a unui animal, realizezi ca adevarata improvizatie literara este aceasta. Si anume--ideea ca natura si cultura sunt concepte opuse. Ideea ca doar constiinta conteaza. Si acesta este un alt lucru demn de retinut.