Reflection on Richard Cory

When I memorized the poem "Richard Cory" I started to think about it differently.  I thought about why he might have killed himself, and I thought about how the poem relates to my life today.  It seems like Richard Cory faked being happy and he couldn't keep up the act so he killed himself. Most of us pretend to be happy and that we have a great life. We fake a smile each day so that no one could ever really know what's going on. I also feel like Richard Cory was pictured as the perfect guy so he felt the need to always be perfect in front of others and show no weakness. Some times I feel like I am Richard Cory except for the fact that I don't want to commit suicide. Most of the time people feel like I am very smart and that I don't struggle, but I do sometimes and I don't always show it. The emotions that we don't show are what some need to see so that they don't feel alone. Maybe he felt so much pressure that he decided to kill himself so he wouldn't have to feel anything anymore. Some people think that feeling nothing is better, but I would totally disagree because I believe that feeling pain will be worth something someday and that the struggle you had to go through to overcome it will give one of the best feelings in the world.

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