Who are "the people on the pavement"? We certainly know what kind of person Richard Cory was. Richard Cory was a true gentleman from head to toe, the epitome of an aristocrat. "The people on the pavement" were a stark contradiction to Richard Cory. They were not schooled, far from rich, and drudged tediously in search of an unfulfilled hope that life would get better. There is a fine line between being schooled and being …showed first 75 words of 448 total…

…showed last 75 words of 448 total…hope. They cursed their own lives, and craved Richard Cory’s. "The people on the pavement" were too ignorant to appreciate and value what little they had, and that is probably why they are just "the people on the pavement". In conclusion, we have deduced a lot about "the people on the pavement". "The people on the pavement" are not schooled, certainly not wealthy, eminently ignorant, and are lost in their fascination with Richard Cory.