Summary of “The Great Gatsby” The Great Gatsby is a book about rich people that are fighting about women, money etc. After I read this book I realized that even if you are rich you don’t have to be happy. There are two main characters: Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby, both rich men. Here’s the story in a short version... Nick Carraway is a young man from a wealthy family, living in a Middle Western city. The Carraway’s are something of a clan actually. Nick’s grandfather came here in 1851 and started a business, which his father carries on today. Nick graduated from Yale University in 1915, and just a little later he was in the