Throughout their lives, adolescents read many books for all ages. These books portray lessons and morals that you might not be able to receive anywhere else. Young people like to read things that intrigue them and get them interested in the books that they read. These books include positive and negative values for them to learn. One book that shows this exceptionally well is Seize the Day by Saul Bellow. Seize the Day shows both positive and negative values for the reader.
             The panel that is here today is here to argue these values and the impact they may have on the adolescents that read them. This piece is about a mad in his mid-forties by the name of Tommy Wilhelm. Tommy is an unfortunate person that doesn't have much going for him at this point in his life. He is in a state of turmoil. The book takes place on one specific day, referred to as "the day of reckoning." This book shows a lot of negative value as you read on. Wilhelm is having trouble with many things in life. These things include a shaky relationship with his father, the loss of his sales job, and the unhappy life he has with his separated wife. The book opens showing many of these negative values as Bellow uses flashback to give the reader a sense of what kind of person Tommy Wilhelm is. We are informed that he is a college dropout and his financial situation is about to be non-existent. Tommy's father, Dr. Adler, see his son to be a failure every time he looks at him. After being denied any help form his father, Bellow uses a series of flashbacks to show the more positive note of the story. Thoughts by Tommy tell the reader that as a young adult he was looked at by a talent scout to possibly become something, but you only read to find out that it does not work out due to a failed screen test.
             We then learn that his financial situation is not good, only because he has given the rest of his savings to a man by the name of, Dr. T...