Pink Elephants + Elephants in the room= A whole mess

Today, society avoids the elephants in the room by a various means of escape. Silence, aversion, and distraction can be used to beat around the bush, but the one elephant we can't ignore is the "pink elephant". Pink elephants, according to Meriam Webster, are visual hallucinations that occur from a state of psychological and physical drunkenness. This inner battle of mental disillusion can let the elephant out of its cage,  or the "cat" out of the bag. As proven in F. Scott Fitzgerald's story, A Diamond as Big as the Ritz, drunkenness doesn't just refer to a state of alcoholism, but also to a greed or obsession with something, in this case money, that can impair one's judgement. The main character, John T. Unger, falls under the spell of a very rich family, failing to recognize their empty rhetoric as anything other than luxurious and eloquent. As the story progresses, the audience realizes, this "fairytale" doesn't really begin with a "Once upon a time"; unfortunately, it was more like "back in hell, an evil man with an obsession for money was born...". Braddock Washington, the man in the family (and from hell), uses a series of cruel lies to cover up his paradoxical treasure: a diamond so big that its useless to the economical market. Clearly, he thought he was Moses, because he tries so hard to become a "God" using his "princelike" status (if you know anything about Moses, that would ultimately summarize him: a prince turned God). At the end of the story, the real "Moses", or "God", pays his retribution towards Washington, ultimately turning him back into the place he was born and destined to be. And now, everyone can agree that the "pink elephants" that release an elephant into the room can definitely lead to a karmatic disaster.

Now look at the largest diamond in the world, the Cullinan Diamond. Not so attractive anymore is it?