How does Fitzgerald use hyperbole in the story, The Diamond as Big as the Ritz?

Fitzgerald’s use of hyperbole, or extreme exaggeration, increases the feeling of fantasy, and his descriptions of the Washingtons’ home have a surreal quality. By making the chateau impossibly luxurious, Fitzgerald lets the reader know, once again, that this is not a literal or realistic story:

There was a room where the solid, soft gold of the walls yielded to the pressure of his hand, and a room that was like a platonic conception of the ultimate prison—ceiling, floor, and all, it was lined with an unbroken mass of diamonds, diamonds of every size and shape, until, lit with tall violet lamps in the corners, it dazzled the eyes with a whiteness that could be compared only with itself, beyond human wish or dream.

A diamond as big as an entire mountain, a clear crystal bathtub with tropical fish swimming beneath the glass, hallways lined with fur, dinner plates of solid diamond, a car interior upholstered in tapestries, gold and precious gems—all these extravagant, surreal elements add to the otherworldly character of the Washingtons’ property. Furthermore, they seemed to suggest a sense that too much is indeed too much. The overkill is distasteful, even grotesque.