In the Great Gatsby, the book is set about irony and love. In the book, Jay Gatsby is a very rich pe
rson who made his money the easy way. In the book it tells that he made hi money through inheritance
from a person he worked for that passed away, through drug deals and in the oil business. It goes a
long with the poem "Richard Cory" because to me it hints that he made his money almost the same way,
the easy way.
In the book Gatsby says. "I keep it full of interesting people, night a
nd day. People who do interesting things. Celebrated people." Which to me says that he's a lonely pe
rson who doesn't really have a purpose to having all those people there he just wants them there so
he doesn't feel so empty inside. In the poem they say something that caught my attention, "when Rich
ard Cory went down town, we people on the pavement looked at him:" in my opinion this says that he m
ay have sometimes gone into town just for the attention, or that the people on the pavement felt muc
h lower to him and all looked up to him and wanted to be like him. To me it's a confusing sentence.
The authors of both literary pieces show some irony at the end. In "Richard Cory" the
last piece of the poem (which is written below) shows that he was very unhappy in his life and that
money really couldn't bring happiness, and that people really didn't know him they just thought they
did, and to him this was his way of taking care of it.
So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread; And Richard Cory, one calm summer night Went home a
nd put a bullet through his head.
This passage tells that he felt alone and had the s
ame empty feeling that Gatsby had in the book. But in Gatsby case his emptiness had to do with Daisy
, his first love. At the end of the book Gatsby finally realizes that no matter what Daisy will neve
r leave her husband. This leaves Gatsby with the irony of feeling the loss of losing his first love.
In conclusion, both the book and the poem are just like real life. In the Great Gatsb
y, and in "Richard Cory" people placed them higher on a scale then they should have been placed. The
y both felt the emptiness and aloneness that every person experiences once in their lives. People se
em to think that money amounts to your worth, and in either pieces it says in so many words or less
that if that person was poor and on the streets everyone would pass them by, instead of them being r
ich and being the person doing the passing by..
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rich person made money easy book tells that made money through inheritance from person worked that
passed away through drug deals business goes along with poem richard cory because hints that made mo
ney almost same easy gatsby says keep full interesting people night people interesting things celebr
ated people which says lonely person doesn really have purpose having those there just wants them th
ere doesn feel empty inside poem they something caught attention when richard cory went down town pa
vement looked opinion this says have sometimes gone into town just attention pavement felt much lowe
r looked wanted like confusing sentence authors both literary pieces show some irony richard cory la
st piece poem which written below shows very unhappy life really couldn bring happiness really didn
know they just thought they this taking care worked waited light went without meat cursed bread calm
summer night went home bullet through head this passage tells felt alone same empty feeling case em
ptiness with daisy first love finally realizes matter what daisy will never leave husband leaves wit
h irony feeling loss losing first love conclusion both like real life great placed them higher scale
then should have been placed both felt emptiness aloneness every experiences once their lives seem
think amounts your worth either pieces many words less poor streets everyone would pass them instead
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