The Money Richard Corey Analysis

The Money – Richard Corey

As I closed my eyes so as to not witness my death, I felt the thankful burning sensation in my body as I was transported to a port town. There I opened my eyes to a sunny market street and thanked my luck for still being alive. As I was walking through the street, looking for something to eat as I was famished, I was amazed at the wealth of this coastal town. They had everything from saffron and silk clothes from the East and ivory from Africa. As I went into one of the stores for food, I noticed that they were talking about a recent and unexpected death. Someone by the name of Richard Corey had committed suicide. I asked the person tending to the store what had driven the man to take such an extreme measure and he had no straight …show more content…
There are some who thrive on conquest and war, but I am not knot of them. Once I opened my eyes again, I was very distraught. I had not been transported to a new location. Instead, I had been transported in time. Here I stood, the only living person for miles in any direction. The fields were littered with the dead and the dying. It was the aftermath of the battle in WWI. There, near me was a dying soldier and he beckoned me to come closer. As his last, dying wish, and he recited a poem to me and promptly died. Before dying, however he handed me a pocket watch and the depth and meaning of the poem dawned on me at last. The poem told about seizing the day and not wasting any time. The poem made me realize yet again and time id finite and that it does not wait for anyone. Time had not waited for the dead and the dying soldiers and they had to leave this world behind, not having accomplished much of what they had set out to.
The poem made me realize the value of time and that we should never take it for granted. It gave time a new meaning and importance for