As a boy, Gregory Reeves accepts the endless journeying and poverty which is his family`s lot, never questioning the validity of his preacher father`s philosophy of life - the Infinite Plan. But, as manhood approaches, Gregory finds himself increasingly possessed by a yearning to escape. Hankering after worldly wealth, he longs to break away from the barrio, the teeming Hispanic ghetto of downtown Los Angeles where his family has finally settled. Gregory`s quest takes him first to the killing fields of Vietnam, and then to law school from where he pitches headlong into a hedonistic pursuit of the American Dream.