The Wolf Of Wall Street Research Papers

The Wolf of Wall Street

This movie is based on a true story, and stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort, a penny stockbroker who eventually gets sentenced to prison for defrauding investors. Although ludicrous at times, The Wolf of Wall Street provides its audience with an emotional, yet educational, ride through the life of the salesman, Jordan Belfort. Jordan Belfort starts off as a stockbroker for a company, but he loses his job due to the plummet of stocks. Belfort then starts his own stock company, Stratton Oakmont. At this point, Belfort has learned the game of manipulation, and he makes an astonishingly successful career for himself, which is selling worthless stocks to unfortunate people. As someone wise once said, what goes up, must come down, and in the case of Jordan Belfort, his career really fell into shambles. By the end of the picture, Belfort is arrested and is sentenced to thirty-six months in prison.

Belfort is definitely portrayed as a sleazy, if not the sleaziest, salesman in The Wolf of Wall Street.

However, the director and writer made it impossible for the viewer to dislike Jordan. For example, at one point during the picture, Belfort is on the phone selling junk to an unfortunate victim, but the viewer, for some reason, wants the customer to buy the junk. There is another point in the movie when, Jordan’s wife, Naomi has money and valuables stolen from their apartment. Jordan proceeds to replace the items and money by laundering money. Belfort also hides his assets from the government by opening a Swiss bank account. For many reasons, Belfort’s sales tactics are very negative, and this movie portrays him as a corrupt

salesman.
In my opinion, I believe the writers of the film were a bit over-the-top when portraying Belfort’s character. However, the ridiculousness of his character definitely added attraction to the movie. There is no doubt that Jordan Belfort was a sleazy con-artist. There is no doubt that he made millions off of taking advantage of the middle to lower classes. Beyond the strippers, cocaine, Quaaludes, and midget darts, I do believe the movie represents what a career of that stature would be like. However, I only see the resemblance through a thick and cloudy overcast. For example, the stockbrokers’ purpose is to sell stocks and gain profit from said sold stocks. Do I think that the brokers will go to extraordinary extents to make a sale? Absolutely. On the other hand, legality is something that has to be addressed. Furthermore, I believe that a sales job, especially within the broker industry, can be ethical, but also could be cut throat, if need be.