People today have many desires that are not within their reach but yet they aspire to grasp them. Their whole lives revolve around these practically unattainable goals and due to this their lives no longer have any value nor meaning. Many of them dwell in the happiness of their past and they are extremely obsessed with reliving it. And therefore they have high hopes for the future. They unfortunately do not allow any room for anything new in their lives. In this case there is an excess of emotion and obsession. F. Scott Fitzgerald created a character in the novel The Great Gatsby that perfectly depicts this type of excess.
             Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter- tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms further... And one fine morning-
             So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
             As this essay progresses, Gatsby's obsession with his past and the manner in which he handled life due to the result of an excess of love and emotion for someone, will be apparent. Optimism and determination is definitely positive but as with anything, an excess may be damaging.
             Gatsby was a wealthy man who used everything he owned for one purpose and that was to relive his relationship with his former love, Daisy. In order for him to proceed in life and not to remain buried in the past, he had to have Daisy by his side. Gatsby was obsessed with someone he couldn't have for she was married, yet despite this, he was convinced, in his own world, that he would have her once again. Gatsby even stated to Nick: " can't repeat the past? Why of course you can?" He felt an excess of emotion towards Daisy and for this reason he did absolutely anything to make her content and comfortable for he even lost his life for her which definitely indicates to what extreme he loved he
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