Seize the Day

What is the setting of Seize the Day by Saul Bellow?

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New York City plays a crucial role as the setting for Seize the Day. The city itself, huge and teeming with infinite forms of activity, serves as a backdrop to Wilhelm's confusion and sense of isolation, but it also inhabits Wilhelm's imagination as a force that presses upon his soul and chokes him.