Tommy Wilhelm, the protagonist of Seize the Day by Saul Bellow, is a middle-aged man who is temporarily living in the big city of New York. On the outside, Tommy seems to be a man of trouble and sorrow. He is hampered by the separation with his wife and kids, the relationship he has with his father, the loss of his job, and his financial stability, just to name a few. Throughout his life, one …showed first 75 words of 803 total…

…showed last 75 words of 803 total…force him to continue on. He did produce success once, which leads to believe that he could do it again if he tried. His intense love and care for his children also make him an outstanding person. He would give them the world if he could. Underneath the mess Tommy has created in his life, lie dominating characteristics of someone with great integrity and moral goodness that create for a model life waiting to happen.