Willhelm and Buendia

Willhelm is at an age where it's hard to change who you are. Yet he still thinks that he can change his life, and is dreaming about becoming rich with the stock market. He still thinks that there's a way to change his life completely, and it is sad to see the situation that he is in. His father seems to be very dissapointed at him, at how his life is so empty. I don't like his father, but I don't like Willhelm either. Their lifes are very sad, not just Willhelms, but his father's also. Their way of living sort of reminds me of 100 years of solitude, which I am reading right now. Both the characters in Seize the Day and in 100 years of solitude have attitudes towards life that seem to be as if they didn't like their lifes, which doesn't surprise me. Both are trying to become people they are not, and trying to change the world and their own way of living in unimaginable ways. Not only that, but they actually try to do it, and they could, I've always believed that you can do anything, but they sort of know deep down that some things are almost impossible to accomplish, and when they bump against a wall they get really discouraged and wait a long time before triying again. I think Willhelm and his father are very similar to many of the Buendia family members.