What influence does Dr. Tamkin have on Wilhelm?

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What influence does Dr Tamkin have on Wilhelm NU Saul Bellow s - Seize the Day shows a single painful day in New York City Wilhelm Adler a failed salesman feels lonely and lost His father Dr Adler rejects him Dr Tamkin a strange psychologist comes close to him Through money words and false hopes Tamkin strongly influences Wilhelm False Hope in the Market Wilhelm wants quick success Dr Tamkin tells him Money-making is aggression People come to the market to kill Tamkin takes Wilhelm s money and invests in commodities In Broadway s market room Wilhelm waits nervously He thinks Tamkin is wise Wilhelm trusts him because he has no one else This false hope controls Wilhelm s actions Tamkin Confuses Wilhelm with Strange Ideas Tamkin talks about life suffering and the real soul He says Don t marry suffering Some people do They get married to it These

ideas touch Wilhelm because he feels trapped in pain Tamkin also says The past is no good The future is full of anxiety Only the present is real Seize the day These words inspire Wilhelm but they also confuse him He feels Tamkin is both wise and tricky Tamkin Pushes Wilhelm into the Final Collapse Wilhelm follows Tamkin and gives him trust But Tamkin suddenly disappears from the market Wilhelm loses money He cries in New York streets He prays Oh God let me out of my trouble Without Tamkin s false advice Wilhelm might not have lost so much In the funeral scene at the end Wilhelm weeps heavily Tamkin s influence leaves Wilhelm broken but also awake to real suffering Dr Tamkin deeply shapes Wilhelm s day He gives false hope in money strange talks of life and finally leaves him in loss Tamkin s influence shows Wilhelm s weakness and the painful search for truth in Seize the Day

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