Next Section Symbols, Allegory and Motifs Previous Section Quotes How To Cite in MLA Format Anonymous "The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 Film) Study Guide: Analysis". Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. It recounts Belfort's perspective on his career as a stockbroker in New York City and how his firm, Stratton Oakmont, engaged in rampant. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American biographical black comedy crime film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Terence Winter, based on the 2007 memoir of the same name by Jordan Belfort. But it also opens the floodgates to predatory behavior that is only after experiencing pleasure at the expense of the safety of anyone in the situations with them. But, without a true willingness to remain centered from morality, anyone is a potential victim to the alluring nature of riches as it gives access to places and experiences most will never have. This doesn't make him a saint, but simply provides the necessary characterization of loyalty that everyone else breaks. He shoulders responsibility in a way no one else does in this film.
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Interestingly enough, when we contrast Jordan's giving everyone up to Brad's keeping his mouth shut we find that though Brad is a violent, hot-headed man he has a code or a line rather that he won't cross by giving up anyone else.
And what we see is the lack of loyalty among thieves, and the aggression of their taking whatever they want becomes a feeble disloyalty to save whatever of their life remains. And with the dominoes toppling down, Belfort gives up his friends to the FBI for a lighter sentence. And any hope for redemption comes through a mountain of shame that is easier to dismiss than it is to deal with.Īnd this covering up continues through the relationship with the Swiss banker who gives up Belfort for a lighter sentence. It's a dangerous combination that drives the ego on pride in a way that morality is lost. Money, women, and seemingly an endless ability to do whatever they want because they can pay for it. This culture, revealed throughout the film is a scary one as it is so attractive that many who watch want to be a part of it. He joins the Wall Street "fraternity" and becomes "one of the boys." He does drugs, buys women and takes what he wants, including his next wife, Naomi, who's with another man when Jordan meets her. But Belfort, a man who wants to be successful, is willing to play along. He gets a job at a top firm and soon learns that even the most successful of brokers aren't seeking to walk any line of morality that just might serve the billions of dollars they are betting with. This film begins with Jordan Belfort out to be part of the world of Wall Street. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous
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