For Post 7, I'm talking about the Wolf of Wallstreet. This will have a lot of spoilers, but
it will mostly just be my thoughts on the book. Also, comment some ideas.
For starters, it's kind of hard to believe that this takes only 20 years ago. They still have corded phones, no computers and GOATS ARE PEOPLE TOO VOTE TO END GOAT SEGREGATION IN 2014 #GOAT LIBERATION. And that was Rahul. I don't know what happened there, but I thought it was cool.
Well that's shot, so this wraps up my post 7. If you read this, thanks, and see you all next week. By the way, vote for goat liberation #GoatLiberation2k14.
Friday, October 24, 2014
Friday, October 10, 2014
Post 6
For this next post, I need some opinions. Like really. I'm almost all out of ideas for posts, so leave whatever thoughts you have in the comments. Without YOU, I won't be able to continue posting, so leave tons of comments.
Besides that, I'm a week late on this post and I'm going to have to do number 7 over the weekend. Any, today I will talk about how The Wolf of Wallstreet is relatable to today. One way that it is that in the story, the owner of the company Stratton-Oakmont, Jordan Belfort, does some really stupid things (like shooting at mailmen while high out of his mind) and is enabled by his money. Similarly today, we see famous people doing really stupid things, and they can get away with it because people have some kind of respect for their influence or wealth.
Another way that The Wolf of Wallstreet is related to today is that it isn't that far back in time. The plot takes place from 1986 to 1998. Over this time period, we see new technology and business technological advances, kind of like what we see today. Also, this shows that the plot of the story is relatively recent, only being 28 years old at most.
Besides that, I'm a week late on this post and I'm going to have to do number 7 over the weekend. Any, today I will talk about how The Wolf of Wallstreet is relatable to today. One way that it is that in the story, the owner of the company Stratton-Oakmont, Jordan Belfort, does some really stupid things (like shooting at mailmen while high out of his mind) and is enabled by his money. Similarly today, we see famous people doing really stupid things, and they can get away with it because people have some kind of respect for their influence or wealth.
Another way that The Wolf of Wallstreet is related to today is that it isn't that far back in time. The plot takes place from 1986 to 1998. Over this time period, we see new technology and business technological advances, kind of like what we see today. Also, this shows that the plot of the story is relatively recent, only being 28 years old at most.
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Post 5
Post 5
Seth Gerus
For this week's post, I will talk about the theme for The Wolf of Wallstreet. ( by the way I am running out of ideas so feel free to leave some in the comments.) There are several possible themes that you could find throughout the book, but I'm going with 2 to keep this short.
The first theme that I found that is with great power comes great responsibility. It is extremely cliché, but it works with this book. Throughout the Wolf of Wallstreet, Jordan Belfort ( the main character who has tons of problems) does drugs, illegally launders money, cheats the stock system, and gets arrested like 6 times! ( He never gets charged though ... except for when he gets arrested by the FBI and goes to jail.)
The second theme that I found is that drug use can destroy your life. Belfort's business, Stratton-Oakmont, is totally legal and does nothing wrong until his drug use starts up to ease the pain of a back injury. Throughout the book, you can see the drug use growing until it hits a point where he is arrested for assaulting his wife and crashing into 6 or 7 cars while driving home. This isn't fixed until near the end of the book, when Jordan goes into rehab.
All in all, I could probably find more themes for this book, but this is a very rushed post. I do recommend the book however.
Seth Gerus
For this week's post, I will talk about the theme for The Wolf of Wallstreet. ( by the way I am running out of ideas so feel free to leave some in the comments.) There are several possible themes that you could find throughout the book, but I'm going with 2 to keep this short.
The first theme that I found that is with great power comes great responsibility. It is extremely cliché, but it works with this book. Throughout the Wolf of Wallstreet, Jordan Belfort ( the main character who has tons of problems) does drugs, illegally launders money, cheats the stock system, and gets arrested like 6 times! ( He never gets charged though ... except for when he gets arrested by the FBI and goes to jail.)
The second theme that I found is that drug use can destroy your life. Belfort's business, Stratton-Oakmont, is totally legal and does nothing wrong until his drug use starts up to ease the pain of a back injury. Throughout the book, you can see the drug use growing until it hits a point where he is arrested for assaulting his wife and crashing into 6 or 7 cars while driving home. This isn't fixed until near the end of the book, when Jordan goes into rehab.
All in all, I could probably find more themes for this book, but this is a very rushed post. I do recommend the book however.
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