The Wolf Of Wall St Sparknotes

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Personalities are expressed very differently through film than through classic literature such as books. A person may seem very eccentric on paper, but simply mimicking those actions on film does not necessarily convey that personality. We can see this through the book/movie of the Wolf of Wall St. The personality of Mark Hanna was expressed beautifully in the book, yet acting out the exact actions in the form of film would not have done justice to this eccentric character, and this why the director took several artistic liberties to ensure the film fully conveyed the richness of the character.
In synopsis, The Wolf of Wall St is a book about the rise and fall of Jordan Belfort, a white Jewish boy from Queens. The story starts with the young and money hungry Jordan getting a job on Wall St as a connector, a low level job where the goal was to get and keep people on the phone and move them on to a broker. He eventually lost this job because the brokerage firm he worked for closed down. The insanity in his life really started when he opened his own firm “Stratton Oakmont” as this firm slowly drifted away into sleazier and more lucrative ventures. The most intriguing thing about Jordan was not how he made his money, but
Film is a primarily visual medium, while books rely heavily on the reader’s imagination. Books have an advantage when expressing thoughts and feelings as they can focus on what a person was thinking during their actions. This is much more difficult to do with films. This is similar to how each language has its own advantages and shortcomings. Some languages may be better at expressing certain types of ideas, while others may be better at expressing different types of ideas. Ultimately the difference between languages is very similar to the difference between books/film. They are all forms of