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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yellow Rolls-Royce canonical 1

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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 ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Limited
medium novel ⓘ
narrativeFunction to contrast with old-money characters ⓘ
to display Gatsby's wealth ⓘ
to impress Daisy Buchanan ⓘ
relatedWork The Great Gatsby (1925 novel) ⓘ
linked to: The Great Gatsby
settingContext Long Island ⓘ
New York ⓘ
symbolizes conspicuous consumption ⓘ
materialism ⓘ
new money ⓘ
ostentation ⓘ
social status ⓘ
the American Dream ⓘ
linked to: American Dream

wealth ⓘ
timePeriodInFiction Roaring Twenties ⓘ
usedAsLiteraryDevice motif ⓘ
symbol ⓘ

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Jay Gatsby → car → yellow Rolls-Royce ⓘ