Tuesday, September 27, 2016

The Wolf of Wall Street

  In the Wolf of Wall Street, the main character Jordan Belfort goes through his "Hero's Journey".  First Jordan started out at his "status quo stage" the beginning where everyone starts out. At first Jordan's boss called him,
"lower then pond scum"
this is when Jordan just started his job, he was a stock broker. This is the company Jordan learned the ins-and-outs from.. Jordan was great at selling stocks and him working there made him even better.
  Then Jordan got released from his job and he went through his "call to adventure stage". He got hired selling penny stocks in a much smaller office and he brought his talent and knowledge to his new job. Further along in his new job, he  became the all star salesmen at this new job.
  Furthermore Jordan met his neighbor at a restaurant his name is Donnie, this is when he went through his "assistance stage". They talked about opening up their own business, and  Donnie quit his job and went to work with Jordan. From there on Jordan knew he could trust him.
   Jordan left the little office that was selling penny stocks and together they opened up their own business, the "departure stage". The name of this business was Stratton Oakmont. At first it was very slow like any business that just opened would be.
  The "trials stage" was when they started to blow up. They started to make millions of dollars in their investment company. Their name, office, and  staff got bigger and bigger; Jordan became known from the media as,
"the Wolf of Wall Street"

  His "approach stage" was when he began partying and doing multiple drugs 24/7 as said in the story.
"On a daily basis I consume enough drugs to sedate Manhattan, Long Island, and Queens for a month"
  Jordan's "crisis stage" is when the law began to catch on to all of the illegal things they were doing. At first they couldn't go in and arrest him because they did not have enough proof to arrest anyone.
  His "treasure stage" was when he took multiple drugs and began to take out his anger on his family. While driving when high Jordan hit multiple things and was caught by the police at his home and was taken in to custody.
  The "result stage" was when Jordan finally got caught and the police finally had enough proof from the company that they were doing things illegal, Jordan then went to jail for 22 months.
  When Jordan was released from prison he went into his "return stage" Jordan is now drug free, and began talking to his wife, and began making up for all of the bad things he has done.
  His "new life stage" is when he finally got back with his wife and kids and they have forgiven him. After all of the obstacles in his life Jordan proceeded to stay drug free.
  The "resolution" of the story or the main lesson of this story is to never go against your family even when things go bad because they are the ones that will always have your back.







9 comments:

  1. The lesson that Jordan learned to me is one of the most valuable lessons anyone can learn. Your family will always have your back and defend you know matter what situation you are in. Another good lesson is that money could not buy happiness, Jordan had made a lot of money but he was not truly happy.

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  2. Your blog had a very good story and great lessons to learn from it. I see a main lesson to be, no matter how bad things get it is never too late to turn things around. but do you think that if he never did drugs he would never have been caught?

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  3. Jordan learned a valuable lesson through his hero's journey. He went through a very rough time and went to jail. He realized his mistakes and immediately started making up for them. Do you think if his family hadn't forgiven him when he got out of jail that he would've gone right back to doing drugs and ended up in jail again?

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  4. I have read this book before and I agree with what everyone is saying about Jordan learning a lesson. Family will always be there to support you and when he realized that he used it to his advantage and made the most of it.

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  6. If he did not do drugs I do believe there would have been less of a chance of him getting caught but the chance would have still been high with him going to jail. I do think he would have ended up going back to that lifestyle if his family did not forgive him.

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  7. I agree with everyone, Jordan made some bad decisions and his family was there with him for every step of the way. It also did involve the heros journey. They had a task and set out for it and achieved it.

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  8. Jordan showed a lesson many people learn, that family comes first and not material things like money, drugs and fancy things

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  9. I think we all agreed on the same thing.jordan believed in family first.when you have tough situations in life your family Are the one's who always has your back

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