Richard Cory Essay, Research Paper

Essay

In the poem, ?Richard Cory?, Robinson describes the

character, Richard Cory, as being wealthy, generous,

handsome, and courteous. Regardless of his social status,

Richard Cory, greets the townspeople, who thought that he

was perfect. At the end of the poem, Robinson surprise the

reader by stating that Richard Cory had shot and killed

himself.

The people of the town were blind to see that Richard

Cory was unhappy. Richard Cory was generous and kind to

all the townspeople because he wanted a friend. He greeted

in hope of starting a conversation so maybe he could meet

someone. The townspeople only knew him because of his

wealth and in the same sense they were afraid of it.

The townspeople didn?t know how lucky they really

were. Just because they didn?t have the wealth of Richard

Cory they thought they were poor, but actually they were

rich, not with money but with love and friendship. They

were blind as they cursed the bread. Richard Cory would

have gave anything to have what the townspeople had and

that was a friend.

The reason why Richard Cory went home and shot

himself is because that he had no one to enjoy his wealth

and life with him. While the townspeople were sitting

around together at their dinner tables without meat, and

coursing their bread, Richard Cory sat around his dinner

table with his meat but very lonely, and sad.