In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by author, Ray Bradbury, we are taken into a place in the future where books have become outlawed, technology is at its prime, life is fast and furious, and human interaction is frowned upon. The novel is seen through the eyes of Guy Montag, a fireman whose task is to create the fire, rather than extinguish it, in an effort to completely annihilate books. With his killing of information, Montag is unknowingly growing in unhappiness. Similarly, Edwin Robinson in “Richard Cory,” examines the same theme, as he delves into the idea of perceived happiness by other people in the society. Both Ray Bradbury and Edwin Robinson examine the theme of happiness in their works, and the effect it has on people. Ray Bradbury presents
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We see him as so happy in fact, that we begin to envy him because, “He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favored, and imperially slim.” According to others, Richard Cory had everything he needed to be happy. Physically speaking, he was good looking and clean-seeming. Furthermore, we see him as a deeper individual who is humble and “always human when he talked,” despite his perceived superiority over the speaker of the poem. Richard Cory had everything that anyone would need to feel content in life. We soon find out, however, that he was far from this. The reader begins to examine the idea that not everything is as it appears. Although Richard Cory was someone who seemed to have it all, he was living within a society that had nothing. While Cory ...fluttered pulses when he said, ‘Good-morning,’” he also left many people in the society within the poem, waiting for the light, and going without the meat, and cursing the bread (Richard Cory, Edwin Robinson). Soon enough, Richard Cory would kill himself by putting “a bullet through his head.” The reader is left shocked and lost as to what exactly went wrong for Richard Cory. While we do not know what caused this despair, all indications point to the idea that Richard Cory was not a happy
We see him as so happy in fact, that we begin to envy him because, “He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favored, and imperially slim.” According to others, Richard Cory had everything he needed to be happy. Physically speaking, he was good looking and clean-seeming. Furthermore, we see him as a deeper individual who is humble and “always human when he talked,” despite his perceived superiority over the speaker of the poem. Richard Cory had everything that anyone would need to feel content in life. We soon find out, however, that he was far from this. The reader begins to examine the idea that not everything is as it appears. Although Richard Cory was someone who seemed to have it all, he was living within a society that had nothing. While Cory ...fluttered pulses when he said, ‘Good-morning,’” he also left many people in the society within the poem, waiting for the light, and going without the meat, and cursing the bread (Richard Cory, Edwin Robinson). Soon enough, Richard Cory would kill himself by putting “a bullet through his head.” The reader is left shocked and lost as to what exactly went wrong for Richard Cory. While we do not know what caused this despair, all indications point to the idea that Richard Cory was not a happy