Wealthy People In America

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America is a place where people from different country came to the United states for the land of opportunity and freedom . That is why massive of Immigrants migrate here to America for a better opportunity such as work, education, financials and other more reasons. Money is widely popular in America as wealthy people are being looked up and most immigrants expect to have a chance of receiving better paying money and possible be more wealthier when migrating to the United States. Numerous of the immigrants that live in the United States have different ethnicities, race, and backgrounds. Through these different mediums, Wonder, Chapman, and Cory convey the idea that an American identity consists of wealth and value. In America, Money is considered …show more content…

Edwin Arlington Robinson's poem called “Richard Cory” describes a rich, wealthy man who has been “ Admirably schooled in every grace”and envied by many of his lower class workers for his wealth. Robinson poem “Richard Cory” also stated through the lower class viewpoint of Richard Cory about how “He was everything to make us wish that we were in his place.” With the expectations in America, that wealthy rich people have a better life and are happier, Richard is seen through people that make him being envious through people lower class people. Although the author Robinson’s stated about how rich and great Richard is through his worker's viewpoint, he later pointed out in his poem, “ And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, went home and put a bullet through his head.” The end of the poem pointed about how people doesn’t enjoy life or have happiness in life even if they’re wealthy. Although Richard is rich and being admirable by numerous of the lower class people, he wasn’t able to show his weak side or be himself around them. Which led him to be stuck in an environment of pressure where he have to be seen as a role model all the time for the

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