Misery

This chapter of Seize the Day really highlights Wilhelm's misery. "Wilhelm could not restrain himself and joined in with his own panting laugh. But he was in despair." (Bellow 38) We are further introduced to his troubles in this chapter. He's on the brink of divorce. His wife won't stop asking for money. He has two kids.
He's burdened with life itself. I think this is setting up for some kind of redemption at the end. This can't just be a story about Wilhelm's misery, there has to be something more. What he should really do is address his father. Wilhelm needs to tell him exactly how he feels. How he doesn't like it when he corrects him in public, how he doesn't like it that he calls him Wilky. I think that if he improved his relationship with his father, everything would slowly better itself.