Leonardo Dicarpio's Role In 'The Great Gatsby'

In 1999, when this essay was published, something as simple as a cellphone was a revolution to the American people. Conversations anywhere with no wires involved! Wow! Looking back now, American seemed pretty simple in 1999. This is the same for Michael Jordan – once upon a time, Jordan was JUST a basketball player. LaFeber’s essay illustrates for us the rise of the young Jordan from his middle-class family in racist North Carolina through his college years and eventually into the NBA where he became an international sports icon. LaFeber tells the story of how Jordan caught the eye of Nike CEO Phil Knight and goes on to explain how Knight transformed Jordan into the face of a multi-billion dollar international corporation. LaFeber also fills us in on race and sports issues surrounding Jordan and how that played a part in Nike’s growth. LaFeber shows us how race effected middle-class Michael Jordan at a young age and how he was able to overcome this and grow into the star he is today.

One of Jordan Belfort’s best qualities was being able to motivate his brokers into being the best that they could be. In a series of powerful and rambunctious presentations, he would rile up his young brokers through words of confidence and body language that had everyone enamored. His body language was performed through a series of ridiculous actions such as banging a microphone against his head, dancing with fellow coworkers, and jumping up and down with joy. In the interaction of face to face communication he stressed the four key elements of speech which are voice quality, style, word choice, and adaptation (Flately, Rentz and Lentz 272). With a fierce and empathetic voice quality, Jordan Belfort was able to connect with his employees effectively and echo a sound that affected the listener’s experience in a positive way. The style in which he conveyed confidence captured the minds of his tenacious brokers. He preached words of wisdom like “Are you behind on your credit card bills? Good, pick up the phone and start dialing,” or “There’s no nobility in poverty. I’ve been a poor man, and I’ve been a rich man. And I choose rich every time” (Scorsese, Wolf of Wall Street). The appropriate word choice was used in order to convey a particular message and to

The movie takes place in the early 1990’s, when Jordan Belfort partners with Donny Azoff to start his brokerage firm, Stratford-Oakmont. After the introduction given by Jordan, we follow his life from the time that he is 22 years old when he had just started on wall street, all the way to the time of his arrest. Throughout the movie, you can see Jordan’s narcissistic personality aid him in his rise to the top and eventually lead to his fall.

One of the indicators for Gatsby’s failure is the unstableness of the characters he is depending on. This begins with the woman he loves, Daisy Buchannan. Daisy’s life is a tragedy in its own, because she married the wrong man, who is

At first I thought I already knew everything about Michael Jordan. Turns out I didn’t know as much as I thought. This book taught me Michael’s full name and that Jordan was bullied when he was younger. It also taught me that he didn’t make his high school team. Knowing how great Michael is it’s hard to see these things but he is human too. I enjoy this book and if you enjoy sports I encourage you to read this

Once upon a time there was a basketball player named Jordan A-train others there was his coach, teammates and his family. He was a good basketball player with his jersey. He plays in the NBA because his coach gave him a magic jersey But he can’t find it play. If he couldn't get his jersey he couldn't play the game. His teammates need him and his coach if he doesn't find his magic jersey. They need him because he is going to verse a tough team they’re really good that’s why he need his Magic Jersey so they can defeat them with his magic jersey.

Jordan had an amazing best friend, Henry, who was practically like another brother to her. She had Henry, football was going good for her, and she was finally starting to gain all the guy’s respect

The Great Gatsby is a book with complex, interesting characters. These characters have been depicted by different illustrations and actors. Within these portrayals the characters, they keep the same characteristics and physical features. The Leonardo DiCaprio movie does an amazing job of physically embodying these characters. Within the following I state which actors I can see as fitting for the main characters.

In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the main character Gatsby, is a desperate man trying to win back his girl. But with Gatsby unique personality will it make or break him? Gatsby resembles orange, this is because We see him as an eager, charming, and optimistic person trying to make a living and ultimately win back Daisy. The trait that relates most to Gatsby is eager.

Gatsby is truly a magnificent person. He does several things to show how he puts others before himself. Gatsby throws parties for the whole city, he always uses proper grammar and is very respectful, and tries to stay under control even when talking to people that are not his favorite (Tom). Even though Daisy was driving the car that hit Myrtle, Gatsby got blamed for the accident and never told anyone the truth because he wanted to take the blame no matter the cost, which ended up being his life.“If it wasn’t for the mist we could see your home across the bay” (92). This shows significance because it is showing how he spends his time noticing the small things about Daisy and her house, as in the light at the end of her dock. He picks up on

Because of this brotherhood, Jordan finds further purpose in helping his friends. Even at the end of life, Jordan sacrifices himself to save his comrades. For example, he states, “Think about them being away, he said. Think about them going through the timber. Think about them crossing a creek. Think about them riding through the heather” (FWTBT, 470). Jordan spends his last moments thinking about his friends and even sacrificing his own life. According to this thought, Killinger explains, “The first and basic sacrifice of a soldier is of his own freedom of thought and action.” Although he wished to live, Jordan gave up his life for other people; however, this sacrifice renews his spirit, spending his final moments “waiting until the officer reached the sunlit place where the first trees of the pine forest joined the green slope of the meadow” (FWTBT, 471). He creates purpose within himself to fight against hopeless odds. In his final moments, Jordan shows the existential tenet of creating new meaning.

Mark Hanna taught Jordan Belfort he knows about selling stocks. Mark Hanna was the manager at the Wall Street Stock Market. Jordan often looked up to him because he made over one million dollars in one year. This is ironic because Jordan felt that he would never be able to make that much money ever in his life, when just a couple years later he would make that much in just one week! Jordan used the tips he learned from Mark Hanna to construct various plans to become rich. Mark Hanna was not a very honest person to his clients but his clients at the end of the day were making money. He regularly told Jordan that lying to clients is the best way to make the most profit.

The Great Gatsby is about the ultra-wealthy and their daily lives in the 1920’s. The three main characters introduced the reader in Chapter 1 are Tom, Nick, and Daisy. Tom is a millionaire with a twisted personality, Daisy is rich girl with a mind of her own, and Nick is the conduit for the reader to experience these people’s lives.

In the story, A Modern Day Tragedy, Jordan has to face the news of his best friend dying. As with most people he has a hard time dealing with the news. He uses isolation and projection in the story. When he first gets the news of Tyler’s death he does not know how to react and isolates his feelings as he walks through his day feeling numb. In can not process his feelings in such a short time. When he and his girlfriend go out that afternoon he projects his confused feelings on her and is unable to accept her confronting.

Jordan’s very intelligent, creative, manipulative mind seems to do a number on his own self believing his own con and turning it onto himself. Jordan goes from poor to making 22 million dollars in three hours and spending three thousand dollars on dinner like it’s a penny on the ground. Donnie racks in his own multimillion dollar fortune standing by Jordan’s side reaping all the benefits he can. The money makes Jordan forget his loving wife who stood by his side when he was poor and pushed him to be a successful man. He cheats on her time and time again with hookers he covers in cocaine until she leaves.