Burke’s use of allusion, organization, and tone are the strategies Burke used to persuade Wall Street to include all the heros that served in
When John D Rockefeller was just a teenager he worked for a bunch of different small businesses. At 16 he got his very first job as an assistant bookkeeper for a commission merchants and produce shippers. At the age of 20 he quit as a bookkeeper and went out on his own with a business partner where they worked as commission merchant in hay,meats, grains, and other goods. By the end of their first year they had a gross domestic product of $450,000. Rockefeller later realized that there was an opportunity in the oil business when it was booming up in the western Pennsylvania in the early 1860’s.
The film’s ethos, pathos, and logos all contribute to persuasion, as the poster forces a determination regarding interest in the upcoming film. I will discuss the poster for The Wolf of Wall Street and how it uses each rhetorical device as a means to establish the tone and setting for the film. A film’s ethos focuses on certain actors, directors, and production companies with loyal fanbases. An actor, such as Leonardo DiCaprio, has the ability to drive up a film’s success at the box office, simply by attaching his name to the poster.
Films on the big screen often reflect the morals and values of modern society. In the film, The Wolf of Wall Street, the main character Jordan Belfort, is basically a greed incarnate. Jordan is a con man who has extraordinary sales pitching skills and uses them to lure wealthy investors making worthless investments. The reason Jordan is able to build his shady empire on Wall Street almost overnight is his high commissions on the stocks he sells. No matter how much money Jordan made, his greed could never be satisfied.
Sean Soko is a TikTok influencer who recently gained popularity after posting a video eating spicy wings and rubbing his eyes on January 26th, 2024. The video garnered 1.6 million likes and 8.4 million views. Sean Soko uses his social media account on TikTok to gain followers through formulaic engagement while, in contrast, his other social media accounts such as YouTube and Instagram, focus on a more personalized outlook of who Sean is. This contrast between the type of content and the engagement with such content is that the persona creators choose to perform vastly influences the popularity they might get versus the popularity of the content they are producing. Beginning with content he produced before his “viral” video, he had 34 videos between the years of 2019 and up to his popular TikTok.
The reception for “The Wolf of Wall Street” was mixed. While it was a box office success, quadrupling its $100 million budget and receiving five Oscar nominations, it was met with a lot of criticism. Jim Cullen argues that Scorsese tacitly endorses this “corrupt version of the American Dream”. He cites the scene where Jordan says, “This is Ellis Island, dear people. I don’t care who you are or where you’re from, whether your relatives came over on the fucking Mayflower or an inner tube from Haiti.
The Great Gatsby. Directed by Baz Luhrmann, performances by Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire, Warner Bros. & Village Production Pictures, 2013. (Audience is just this class, I’m giving an inspirational speech) Fake it till you make it. This is a central theme in the 2013 adaptation of F. Scott. Fitzgerald’s famous novel
This shows how intelligent mr walls is, he managed to find a way to cheat the system at a casino and make tons of money for his family. Imagine how challenging it has to be to figure out how to always win in blackjack. That just shows how Mr Walls is very resourceful and makes a great
Further progressing we are plunged into the early life of Jordan Belfort fresh out of college ready to tackle the World. From Jordan’s beginning as a penny stock trader to starting his brain child Stratton Oakmont. Growing his firm from seven very unqualified sleazy salesman to his empire of lies where he sells penny stocks with 50% as high quality stocks such as Disney and Microsoft to make a quick 49 million a year. Masquerading his malicious intent with a beautiful cover over Stratton Oakmont to his down fall by the FBI, loosing his family and all his beloved money yet still showing no sign of remorse for what he did, only remorse for getting caught. Through the movie Scorsese uses his classic tells that display he created this.
Steve Jobs, Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. Primary investor and CEO of Pixar and CEO of NeXT, was in my opinion the GOAT as far as Americans go. His creative genius revolutionized not just his industry and its products, but also everything from music and movies to smartphones. He provided a platform for others to create and distribute apps, bringing innovation and change to an even wider sphere. Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco, CA on February 24th, 1955.
It started with viral videos of bank robberies then moves to the Roman Empire and the beginning of greed. Moore with his friend Wallace Shawn discusses the meaning of capitalism as a system of free enterprise which Moore described that everyone had loved it. As a turning point, the movie shows the speech of President Jimmy Carter saying “Human identity was no longer defined by what one does, but by one does own”. This was merely a warning but no one had listened. It also depicts videos of
Genre: Drama, romance. Starring: Michael Douglas, Charlee Sheen, Tamara Tunie, Daryl Hannah. Running time: 126 minutes. Plot: A stock broker accepts the tutelage of a millionaire but unprincipled corporate raider to make it big on Wall Street.
The main character, Bud Fox is anxious to work for him. Gekko sees potential in Fox, and becomes his mentor, guiding him towards success and wealth. However, their friendship and partnership ends when Gekko plans to destroy Fox’s father’s company. But despite the fact that Gekko, driven by greed, betrays his friend, his portrayal as villain is inadequate. Gekko is a successful, intelligent, and charismatic millionaire.
Although Seth had earns a successful living, but his father feel disapproves and disappoint to him. For a chance, Seth joins and becomes a trainee in J.T. Marlin. However, even as he 's on the fast track to wealth and success, he feel guilty when he realizes he is cheating people out of their life 's savings just to earn himself a few thousand dollars in commissions. While watching Boiler Room, there are three similar movies come to mind which are Wall Street (Oliver Stone, 1987), The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013) and In the Company of Men (Neil LaBute, 1997). In "Wall Street", Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), a man driven by greedy; and Bud Fox
Case Study – Bill and Melinda Gates 1. What do you think Bill and Melinda Gate’s personality traits are for each of the Big Five dimensions? Compare the two. The purpose of big five is to categorize the personality traits into different dimensions which can help us to understand better how people behave to others and how react in their life.
