Compare And Contrast We Wear The Mask And Richard Cory

In these two poems “We Wear the Mask” and “Richard Cory” it is really about people who do not show who they really are. People today are the same way, they hide their true colors. Most persons do not show who they really are for many reasons, one could be for fear that they will be made fun of or not be accepted by others around them. Some hide the way they feel when they are around persons because they don’t want them to know how they really feel or how there life might really be like. For example, sometimes someone can be sad about something but they will still put a smile on for everyone else. At times, it is people judging other people because of what they see. They may only see the good of their situation, for example if they are rich. One may think they have everything but that is not always the case. “We Wear the Mask,” by Paul Laurence Dunbar is a story about society and how people wear mask in daily life to cover their feelings. In
Some hide the way they feel when they are around persons because they don’t want them to know how they really feel or how there life might really be like. For example, sometimes someone can be sad about something but they will still put a smile on for everyone else. At times, it is people judging other people because of what they see. They may only see the good of their situation, for example if they are rich. One may think they have everything but that is not always the case. Really no one actually shows who they really are when it comes to meeting people. Sometimes even in years of knowing someone you do not really know them. Persons wear a mask to hide behind, it is very common to see this among our society. . It is not always about what you have, or the things you can get, this material things will not make you happy and it has been proven even in today’s world. Famous people will commit suicide, even though they have money and could get whatever they wanted. It just shows us how money doesn’t always mean