Do High End Clothes And Items Make Us Happy?

The speaker of the poem recounts that Richard Cory was a “gentleman from sole to crown, clean favored, and imperially slim” and that he was “richer than a king”. The words “crown”, “imperially”, and “king” hints that people viewed Richard Cory as a man of high status and royalty. Even though he was a man who was unlike any other, “he was always human when

Richard Cory and Miniver Cheevy, both are shunned from society neither having any real friends. Richard Cory is admired by his peers, whereas, Miniver Cheevy is different; people did not look up on him. One man giving the impression to have everything takes his own life, while the other had nothing accepts his misery. For Richard Cory, the saying money cannot buy happiness, could not be more appropriate. He is, according to the people of the town, the man with everything. “Whenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favored, and imperially slim.

	In Richard Cory we stumble upon a different outlook of people in society. Some feel that the glamour and wealth of a person determines how happy with life they are. This is not always true. Just because a person has the money to flaunt does not mean that they are happy. This can be compared to how people look up to actors, actresses and other famous people. Some look at these people with such admiration and why? They seem to have not one worry in the world. Does money, looks, or any other materialistic thing make a person really happy? Not many people stop to think that these people are normal as the average Joe. They

The book freak the mighty is about how you can’t judge people by the cover.For an example I seen my friends best friend walked up to my friend and said she is weird.Then he noticed that it was his best friend being herself.This is kinda like the book when freak thinks max is a tall and mean but when you get to know them they are way different from the way they look on the outside from the inside.This is why you can’t judge a book by its cover because people are different on the inside then on the outside.

A Scottish Proverb once said, “Do not judge by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat.” This quote applies to the theme of the novel,“The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle” by Avi. The theme is don’t judge a book by its cover and in the quote, it says to not judge someone by appearances because they might be different than what you think. The first example is shown on page 24, “One always needs a final friend.”

“Richard Cory” written by Edwin Arlington Robinson is about a man who appears to be admirable on the exterior but no one is familiar with his interior, which is suffering badly. The narrator talks Richard Cory up by stating, he was "richer than a king,"(line 9) "admirably schooled,"(line 10) "we thought that he was everything to make us wish that we were in his place."(lines 11-12) Until an abrupt ending to the poem, "one calm summer night, went home and put a bullet through his head."(lines 15-16) This poem makes one think about true happiness and what it entails. From the outside one may appear to have everything but happiness does not come from wealth, it comes from within ones self and the narrator didn't take the time to really get to

Robinson gives a physical description of Richard Cory as "Clean favored, and imperially slim." While this seems to be physical, many symbolic issues of wealth are expressed through this line. Cory is once again given a description of royalty by being called "imperially slim" and by also being "clean favored" he seems he may be above all else or at least that aura was personified. In Simon's poem, rather than royal traits, Cory is given characteristics of being "everything a man could want: power, grace, and style." These traits move from a regal standpoint, to one usually associated with famous, sophisticated people. This repositioning of the American Dream is apparent after evaluating the way wealth transformed the way the public viewed Richard Cory.

Both the protagonist from The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the girl from Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway, are swayed by their partners depreciation/simplification of their problems. Also, they take their partner's advice for their future and become even more confined. However, in their confinement they have a moment of realization in which they see the root of their problems – their relationships. In The Yellow Wall-Paper, the protagonist states, “If a physician of high standing, and one's own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression – a slight hysterical tendency-- what is one to do?”

The poem “Richard Cory” is a description and story of a man named Richard Cory, of course. The speaker of the poem is an impoverished, blue-collar

To the people of low income Richard Cory Was One of the most Richest person he was a Gentelman and treated everyone with decent pleasure .to the people they thought that he had it all and he had nothing to want for.

For Richard Cory, the saying money can’t buy happiness, could not be more appropriate. He is, according to the people of the town, the man with everything. Everyone wished they could be more like him, “he had everything to make us

In Richard Cory people often put aside their reality to have hope, “so on we worked, and waited for the light. And went without meat, and cursed the bread”(Robinson 668). They wanted to be just like Cory, even if that meant doing what they thought necessary to get there and by any way that they could achieve it. “We thought he was everything to make us wish we were in his place”(Robinson 668). Cory was richer than a king and schooled in

In the poem “Richard Cory” by Edwin Arlington Robinson, town members recall the frequent visits of a high-class man before his sudden suicide. As the town’s people describe Richard Cory, they focus on his reputation and all the ways he differs from them. This significantly contributes to his unhappiness because the problem that he faces is the combination of both his discontent with his own status and inability to fit in with the rest of society.

Someone may judge a book by its cover, but they don’t recognize the precise meaning until they flip through the pages. The common misconception of Richard Cory was that he had the perfect life, along with fame, fortune, and good looks, but beneath it all existed a troubled soul and abnormal mindset that no one was able to uncover until it was too late. In the story Richard Cory, by Edwin Robinson, the idea of society and one's own stereotypical mindset misinterpreted a situation that is expanded upon in this reference to the outside appearances of Richard Cory’s clinical depression.