yellow Rolls-Royce

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The yellow Rolls-Royce is the lavish luxury automobile driven by Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel "The Great Gatsby," symbolizing his wealth and ostentation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional automobile
symbolic object in literature
appearsIn The Great Gatsby
appearsInWorkBy F. Scott Fitzgerald
associatedWithCharacter Jay Gatsby
associatedWithTheme class distinction
corruption of the American Dream
illusion versus reality
authorOfWorkContext F. Scott Fitzgerald
color yellow
drivenBy Jay Gatsby
fictionalStatus part of a literary narrative
genreOfWorkContext American novel
make Rolls-Royce Limited
surface form: Rolls-Royce
medium novel
narrativeFunction to contrast with old-money characters
to display Gatsby's wealth
to impress Daisy Buchanan
relatedWork The Great Gatsby
surface form: The Great Gatsby (1925 novel)
settingContext Long Island
New York
symbolizes conspicuous consumption
materialism
new money
ostentation
social status
American Dream
surface form: the American Dream

wealth
timePeriodInFiction Roaring Twenties
usedAsLiteraryDevice motif
symbol

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Jay Gatsby car yellow Rolls-Royce