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Similarities Between The Outsiders And Richard Cory
In the novel,” The Outsiders,” by S.E. Hinton and the poem ,” Richard Cory”, by Edwin Arlington Robinson, the authors both develop similar themes.
Throughout each piece the theme of ,” Everything is not what it seems”, is reinforced by characters’ or narrative’s thoughts and actions to affect its development. People are judging each other based on appearance and not getting to know the person.
The theme is present in both the novel and poem and is developed through the events throughout

To begin with, both authors develop the theme by the actions and thoughts of the narrator’s and other characters
For example, in the poem,” Richard Cory” the narrator describes the jealousy others feel towards Richard Cory. In the poem it states,”..we thought

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