The future is full of anxiety Only the present is real Seize the day Wilhelm does not understand at first He wants money and comfort But when Tamkin cheats him he sees the truth Life is not about money-making Tamkin says Money-making is aggression People come to the market to kill Wilhelm realizes that chasing wealth has ruined him This despair breaks his pride Wilhelm s Tears and New Birth At the end Wilhelm enters a funeral home He sees a dead man he does not know Suddenly he breaks down in tears These tears wash his soul In that moment Wilhelm feels human again Surrounded by strangers he finds freedom inside His heart is open He is regenerated by honesty humility and grief Tommy Wilhelm s regeneration is not in success but in suffering Betrayed by Margaret Dr Adler and Tamkin he finally surrenders in New York In his tears at the funeral he is born again