Question

What is the theme of this passage?


"There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better for worse as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till."

Answer 1

This speaks to a few themes. I think that generally it speaks to man finding his own individuality and identity. The passage indicates that life is about being satisfied with one's plot of land and making the best of it rather than coveting other people's land and being greedy.

Answer 2

Explanation:

एलीफेंट आर स्टाइल इन वॉल