The Wolf of Wall Street Post 3

     The Wolf of Wall Street has many Archetypes, but the most important one in my opinion is Jordan's Hero's Journey. Like I explained in my first blog post he goes from being, 

" lower then pond scum" to a big millionaire on Wall street.

    Another Archetypes that is in the book is Hero and sidekick. Jordan in this case is the hero he is the guy in charge he has the talent and the ideas for everything. Donnie which is Jordan's best friend or "sidekick" helps Jordan when Jordan is in need and he brings Jordan up. They become a dynamic duo some might say,because they both started out with nothing and got so far. In this quote it is Jordan talking about how loyal Donnie is to him. 

"My warriors, who won't take 'No' for an answer. Who won't hang up the phone till their client either buys. Or ******* dies!" 

   An Archetype that is seen all through out The wolf of Wall Street is the Devil figure. Usually the Devil figure is a human but, in this case it is Jordan's drugs. These drugs made him make irresponsible decisions. He goes on in the book and boasts about how many he takes on a daily basis. In the story he says,

"On a daily basis I consume enough drugs to sedate Manhattan, Long Island, and Queens for a month. I take Quaaludes 10-15 times a day for my "back pain", Adderall to stay focused, Xanax to take the edge off, pot to mellow me out,cocaine to wake me back up again, and morphine ... Well, because it's awesome."

 This shows that he is under the influence at all times. In most cases this is not good and this reflects on him for the worse. He ends up getting in a car accident, crashing his helicopter, and flipping out on his family.