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The Movie ' Wolf Of Wall Street '

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Many people in the world would do anything to attain wealth and power. As a result they become engulfed with an "intense and selfish desire for something" called greed that will change the way they act and treat others around them (Greed). An example of this can be seen in the movie "Wolf of Wall Street" , where the protagonist went from being a simple everyday man with the desire to find success in life, to a wealthy person filled with avarice and always wanting more after he found success as a stockbroker. The five time oscar nominated movie, directed by Martin Scorsese, encompasses the theme of greed by factors of the movie such as the camera angles, the music that was used in the scenes, symbolism, and character development as well as the words the characters say (IMDb). In summary, The film "Wolf of Wall Street" is about a young man named Jordan Belfort who started to work at a brokerage firm in the city of New York with the desire to find "success" and become a rich man. At the age of "twenty two years old, newly married and already a money crazed little shit", he began to work for a big company called L.F. Rothschild to earn his broker 's license and gain experience on the in 's and out 's of Wall Street(Winter, The Script). But unfortunately, on his first day as a broker, the stock market collapsed and he ended up losing his job. As time went on, he found a job selling penny stocks at a small company where he saw potential in making a lot of money. Even though he

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