Summary: Tommy Wilhem is the protagonist, he stays at Gloria Hotel with a vast population of old people. Wilhem feels out of place here, he was comparatively young, in his middle forties, large and blond, with big shoulders. When Wilhem worried about his appearance it was mainly because of his father. Wilhem liked to wear good clothes, but when he wore them, it piece of clothing seemed to go its own way. However, this morning, as he went to meet with his father for breakfast Wilhem received a compliment on his clothes, and he could not believe it. He took a second look at himself from the glass cupboard. Early in his life, Tommy has been considered star material because of his looks, he even tried to get on the big screen for seven years. However, his pride and laziness must of gotten to him because he stopped trying to pursuit that career. From Tommy's talk with Rubin the man at the newsstand, he reveals his financial status, and how he couldn't join the game the night before. Perhaps, Tommy needs help from his father since Dr. Tamkin, Tommy's psychologists who claims to know about sales doesn't quite know it. Now all Tommy wants is a better life, to no longer be a disappointment to his family.
Tommy's father Dr. Adler, wants him to go back to the five figures type of money he made, and to attend his wife and children, instead of being a pill popper. Margaret, Tommy's wife asks him for money, and refuses to grant him a divorce. Tommy would give Margaret everything, if only she could give him back the dog Scissors, which she refuses to give him as well. Tommy is in love with another woman, and he cannot marry her until he is fully divorced from Margaret. Tommy tries to explain this all to his father, but his father does not seem to understand and tries to compare his own successes to that of his sons failures, and refuses to help Tommy financially. In fact Mr. Adler had told Tommy to stay away from Dr. Tamkin, and now that Tommy has questions about the money he was invested in Dr. Tamkin, Dr. Tamkin tries to change the topic. Tommy begins to think if he should trust this man or not, but either way he had already signed he last one thousand dollars over to him. During Tommy's visit to his psychologist, he receives a poem. This poem gets him to thinking about money, and his obligations.
Quote: "Ass! Idiot! Wild boar! Dumb mule! Slave! Lousy, wallowing hippopotamus" (Bellow 52).
Reaction: This was Wilhem's reaction after speaking with his father, after the discussion they had, insulting one another. Whether Tommy was running his life the wrong way and that he should get a job, and meet his financial needs as well get back with his wife. While Tommy is telling his father that in fact he shouldn't be one to judge when he probably doesn't even remember that day of his mother's death. From this conversation Wilhem had been totally worked up, from this he realizes that he has to carry his peculiar burden, to feel shame, to taste the tears, and to finally think of the importance of business.
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