"Richard Cory" was a poem, and much like the past few passages and works of literature we have read has been very sad and pretty short. Anyways, Richard Cory was about a guy who was extremely rich. This man was the one everyone wanted to be. He impressed everyone. He made all of the rest of the people jealous because they wanted to take his place. They wanted what he had, meat bread and money. He however was still a very clean cut and genuinely nice man(Edwin). Everything about this man seemed to be so perfect, the perfect life, money, the perfect clothing. However, this is not how it was. This is only how it appeared from the outside. Richard Cory, the perfect man, goes home one night and shoots himself. He puts the bullet right through his head(Edwin).
This story is pretty deep. It is hard to understand why someone who seemed so happy and seemed to perfect to just end his life like that. Suicide is something that effects not only the life of the one who is taken, but all of the ones who loved the person as well. It is really sad that a person would cause so much pain to themselves and to others. However this man only seemed perfect by what people saw, the materials. Emerson and Thoreau were not very big on the idea of materialistic happiness because they are just things. It was his apperance that was perfect, not his life. He only looked perfect from the surface. Sure this man had material happiness, but that is not always real happiness. Money can not buy happiness in Emerson and Thoreau's eyes. This man was so much better than everyone supposedly, but he was so unhappy to take his own life away from himself and others. He had to resort to something so violent. Maybe if this guy would of spent time seeking the real happiness in life, things that matter like helping people and love then he would not of been so unhappy and perhaps he would of been able to live his life happily.
Robinson, Edwin A. "Richard Cory." Glencoe Literature: The Reader's Choice. New York, NY: Glencoe McGraw-Hill, 2002. 575+. Print.
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