Similarities Between The Great Gatsby And Richard Corey

Identity is a major part of any person, fictional character or not. Many people believe that you can create your own identity and feel happy with the persona that you’ve created for yourself, but many times it’s difficult to create a mask without leaving cracks that your real identity wants to come through. Instead of living the way you want to, you live a lie that even you may believe is true. Throughout both the Great Gatsby and Richard Corey many characters including Nick, Gatsby and Richard Corey. Ultimately, these characters are prime examples that if you fail to accept your identity it leads to pain and struggling. In The Great Gatsby F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby himself was a prime example of someone who has never accepted their identity. Gatsby’s life before …show more content…
Throughout the poem Richard seemed like he had his life figured out. He had money, class and people looked up to him, yet they didn’t see that he wasn’t happy. The man hid under his mask of superiority to make people believe that he was happy, or at least content, with the way his life was. Throughout the poem, not once did it say anything about what Richard was feeling on the inside, but rather the way people perceived him from the outside. Both Cory and Gatsby seemed like they were living the dream to people surrounding them, but something kept them from being happy. Richards fake identity kept people from seeing his true self and might have even been the thing making him so unhappy. Even while reading the poem, Richards’s death seems surprising, showing that we are on the outside too. “And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, went home and put a bullet through his head.” Both Gatsby and Richard show that even if it seems like you have everything to other people, you may still be hiding things under the mask of your fake identity that can cause pain and