When one is solely focused on one way to make himself happy, and only works towards that goal, there will inevitably be tragic outcomes. Through Gatsby's character we can see an example of someone whose whole focus is on achieving one thing for himself, and when things go wrong there are tragic and miserable outcomes. Gatsby is convinced that the one and only way to make himself a completely content man is to reunite with his old love, Daisy. He will go to any measures and rearrange his life in any way possible in order to achieve his goal. Gatsby's obsession with Daisy can be broken up into three stages. First is the time from when Gatsby and Daisy separate, until they see each other again, second is during the time while they are secretly seeing each other, and lastly is from when Tom starts to realize what...