Life, amid other things, is filled with opulence and manifestation. It is likely that one always craves for the quintessential life, but if one obsesses over this, it could be perilous. A single-minded obsession obtained as a primary dream is fed by the extreme habitual yearning for a greater more dignified place in American Society. Therefore one can never stop for a concise moment in time and see the true purpose of one's existence. The father of Existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre believed that "Existence precedes essence" and humans are alone in the universe. This philosophy ties in with F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. The protagonist, Jay Gatsby, tries to accomplish his own American dream of the 1920's. This dream becomes a fixation for Gatsby and is all that he lives for. The chronic vision that he strives for affects him spiritually, emotionally, and even physically. In Gatsby's...