ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Thoreau’s famous quote-“The mass of men live lives of quiet desperation”-is most frequently used as a reason for following one’s passion and achieving a life which avoids the mediocrity of playing it small and attains to extra-ordinary success.

Detailed explanation-2: -One day, I came across the lines of Transcendentalist philosopher Henry David Thoreau. “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation, ” he wrote in Walden in 1854. Thoreau’s writing-a reflection on human nature’s tendency to reside in a “quiet desperation”-helped me to pinpoint my own misgivings about my professional path.

Detailed explanation-3: -Accepting a life that is mediocre and lacking passion. Most want to do more or make more of themselves, but they resign themselves to accepting the status quo and not taking any action to make their life and the lives of those around them better. “… and go to the grave with the song still in them.”

Detailed explanation-4: -Henry David Thoreau famously stated in Walden that “the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” He thinks misplaced value is the cause: We feel a void in our lives, and we attempt to fill it with things like money, possessions, and accolades. We think these things will make us happy.