This gives him confidence to engage in the illegal activities to make money. Brooklyn model has relation with him even he was married, prostitutes and drugs. Students are leaving their college and home to work in his firm after interview in the Fobes. Narcissism develops within him when other people started to follow him giving him pseudo perception of importance and sense that money can buy everything.Ī man quit his job and follow Belfort without a question and with Belfort’s other buddy he stated his brokerage firm which sole purpose is pressure sale penny stock and make money. Belfort says,”Everybody looks at him as he first discovers fire.” Everybody supported him and give him a feeling of superiority which fertilizes the narcissism. Narcissism starts developing in Belfort since he started to work in the penny stock brokerage firm in long island. Finally he loses most of his money that were in swiss bank and finally held in front of law and charged for his criminal activities. His narcissism reaches the peak when he decided not to leave the security market to protect himself from law instead pie on a subpoena and continue his illegal activities.
He engages in criminal activities of drugs, prostitution, trying to bribe the officials and money laundering. With every success, Belford started to place himself in superior position and above the law. He trains his guys to pressure sale uses the inside information to make money. This rapid success develops narcissism within him and he starts breaking the law.
He succeeds in one after another venture and open his firm with his guys. His telephone solicitation outstands in the firm and he standouts as a confident and successful stockbroker. When he loses his job on first day of stockbroker due to black Monday and market crash, he looks for another job as a stockbroker of penny stock. Film demonstrate how a simple guy go to work in the Wall Street with a high profile stock broker, learn the skills of telephone solicitation and understand the in and out of Wall Street in six months. “The Wolf of Wall Street” is a film about a New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort, building and fall of his business empire and the change of his nature during different stages of life. In film, The Wolf of Wall Street has all the characteristic of the Scorsese film which successfully demonstrates life of Jordan Ross Belfort, a New York stockbroker. Scorsese depicts how his protagonist character suffers for who they are and those objectionable traits are often not chosen by the character. Demonstration of violence in psychological and language is the strong feature of Scorsese’s film. Detail study of the character, superior acting and physical humor are key features of producing high quality film. His ability to demonstrate the place and the period of his plot is exceptional. Scorsese is well known for his film that describes protagonists who are outside the mainstream.
True life movies demonstrate the rise and heroism of an individual whereas director Martin Scorsese in his movie “The Wolf of Wall Street” tells the story of a New York stockbroker, Jordan Belfort, development of narcissism and downfall of his business empire due to narcissism.Īlthough many critics argue that “The Wolf of Wall Street” accept the greed and objectification of women leaves public with no morality message, the film successfully deliver the message that the rapid success cause an individual to develop the narcissistic behavior which eventually leads into destruction. The movie “The Wolf Of Wall Street” demonstrate how a rapid success leads to the narcissistic behavior and downfall of a Wall Street icon due to his narcissistic behavior. Many high profile individuals are classified as a narcissistic on television from time to time. People tend to use this as complement and boast of this character. Narcissism is a psychological disorder usually of high profile individuals. By examining Wolf of Wall Street through the lens of American’s view on luxurious living, the protagonist’s interest in money results in narcissism, greed, and wealth. Jordan Belfort the main character in the movie conflicted desire to be seen as both wealthy and accepted by the group causes him to do many dangerous actions. Martin Scorsese directed this film inspired by a true story of a stock broker involved in illegal ways of making money. And that is the basis for all change,” from the mouth of Jordan Belfort. You are the resources and the capabilities you glean from it. “No matter what happened to you in the past, you are not your past.