Richard Cory

I think that Edwin Arlington Robinson's "Richard Cory" showed me the perception that some people have can be very wrong and the perception some people give can just be a wall guarding them from letting people in. It talks about the man who was "richer than a king" and they "went without the meat". It shows that he seemed to think that Richard Cory had everything that any man could ever want, but yet the very last line was "Went home and put a bullet through his head." Did Richard really have everything he wanted. May be he just wanted a friend? He fluttered pulsed when he talked...was that rage or jealousy? It reminds me of the old saying "be careful what you wish for". One may be rich, but he may not be happy. Maybe it is true when people say I have I all need and I need what I have. Richard had riches, but did he have what he really needed?