However, the novel loses nothing in this; it is concise and written with such skill that the reader misses nothing. At first the novel seems light and easy, but as I read I feel involved and I became more and more interested in the lives of the characters. Fitzgerald draws the reader into the book, and it soon becomes clear that his light-hearted description of the life of the wealthy in the 1920s is simply a cover for a deeper examination of the pettiness of the human psyche. Fitzgerald expresses his prejudice against the extravagance of the rich through Nick's denunciation of the lifestyles of his friends and neighbors. Interestingly, however, Fitzgerald was not like Nick in real life, but lived as lavishly as