Tommy Wilhelm’s Deception of Reality in Seize The Day

The reality that Tommy Wilhelm deceives Saul Bellow's "catch the day" symbolizes the complexity of American culture in the 1950s. After the Second World War, the United States has achieved rapid economic growth. In addition, the United States has experienced the beginning of the Cold War with the Soviet Union. In "Catch the Day", Bellow shows the psychological gap of Americans during the corresponding period, using settings, characters and images. In "Seize the Day", Tommy Wilhelm is depicted as a middle-aged man living in New York.

Tommy Wilhelm was inspired by American myths of success and was responsible for the day. At the age of 20, he changed his name from Wilkie Adler to Tommy William. Therefore James Gates remembered that Jay Gatsby could be reminiscent of Mr. Daisy Buchanan's discovering attractive people, he remembered. But unlike Gatsby, William could not escape his past; he faced it through his father every day, and his father still called him Wilkie. William says "Never ...... Successfully feels like Tommy and always keeps Wilkie in his soul" (p. 25). But he remains optimistic, the distance between him and those who wish what he wants is the source of despair and despair

Tommy Wilhelm, the protagonist of Seul the Day, is a middle-aged man who temporarily lives in a big city in New York. Outside, Tommy seems to be a man with difficulty and sorrow. Separation from his wife and children, relationship with his father, loss of work and economic stability are hindered by several examples. In his life, failure seems to follow another failure, which ultimately leads to eventual collapse and dramatic self-reflection. However, Tommy strives to become a really "good" citizen and strive to be a better person. Tommy Wilhelm certainly hands over his ambitions, his past success through his love and responsibility to the children, mainly to portray justice and true features. When you observe Tommy William's individual intensively, it will reveal complex and stratified characters filled with a good and sincere foundation.