When listening to Richard Cory, they hear praise, but they may also hear jealousy. Of course they were jealous, he was rich and handsome and made people's hearts beat, who wouldn't be jealous of that? But what the speaker didn't know was what was going on in Richard Cory's head. Money is not a “one size fits all” solution, just because some people are rich and everyone loves them, there may be an underlying problem beyond their control. Which was unfortunately the case for Richard Cory and “…on a calm summer night, he came home and shot him in the head.” (Robinson 16) the poor unfortunates