Understanding that when reading throughout the poem, the conclusion wouldn’t be “ And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, Went home and put a bullet through his head” (Line 15-16). The contrast shows that what the people saw from outside did not understand the man he was from the inside. Burkhart says that there may be many factors that could have caused him to do what he did. For instance, illness, rejection of other people, and frustrated artistic impulses (Burkhart 360). Also, gives us a difference between appearance and reality. Many believe this man was something from his appearance. Blindsided by the fact that he was just one of us, just at a higher standing than most. Struggling with whatever may have happened, but the people in the town did not consider
Understanding that when reading throughout the poem, the conclusion wouldn’t be “ And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, Went home and put a bullet through his head” (Line 15-16). The contrast shows that what the people saw from outside did not understand the man he was from the inside. Burkhart says that there may be many factors that could have caused him to do what he did. For instance, illness, rejection of other people, and frustrated artistic impulses (Burkhart 360). Also, gives us a difference between appearance and reality. Many believe this man was something from his appearance. Blindsided by the fact that he was just one of us, just at a higher standing than most. Struggling with whatever may have happened, but the people in the town did not consider