ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Resistance also served as part of Thoreau’s metaphor comparing the government to a machine: when the machine was producing injustice, it was the duty of conscientious citizens to be “a counter friction” (i.e., a resistance) “to stop the machine".

Detailed explanation-2: -It is known that Thoreau would approve because in his essay, he declares, “If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man” (Civil Disobedience, Thoreau). Thoreau means that if a person cannot live how he/she wants, then that person will suffer.

Detailed explanation-3: -“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”

Detailed explanation-4: -A simple life is happy, fulfilled, and meaningful. It isn’t something you have; it’s something you become. In his book “Walden, ” Thoreau told readers to “ simplify, simplify.