The Great Gatsby: Nobody Is Really Happy The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a wonderful model to show that rich people do not live the great “life” that most people assume they do. Throughout the novel, many of the characters possess a good fortune and live rather extravagant lives. On the contrary, many times drinking, abuse, and adultery take place. Towards the end of the novel, Fitzgerald shows that nobody is really happy especially the characters who have a good deal of money. Jay Gatsby, for whom the novel is named for, is a millionaire who rose from the slums with the help of Meyer Wolfsheim, a prominent gamb