Book Analysis: The Book Summary Of Wall Street

Summary of Wall Street In 1985, Bud Fox is a new stockbroker in New York City at Jackson Steinem &Co. He wants to become bigger and better and work with his hero Gordon Gekko, a legendary Wall Street player. He became so infatuated with working for Mr. Gekko, that he called his office 59 days in a row in hopes to get through to him. Since that did not seem to work, he then decided that he would approach it a different way. Since it was Gekkos birthday, Bud thought it would be generous to pay him a personal visit with a birthday gift. Which happened to be Cuban cigars (Gekkos favorite). Mr. Gekko was impressed by Bud’s confidence, so he decides to listen to what he has to say. After Bud shows him different stocks, Gekko doesn’t seem interested. So Bud decided he would provide Gekko with some inside information about Bluestar Airlines, that he learned from Carl, which is Buds father and the union leader for the company. Gekko (acting interested by the information) told Bud that he would think about it, but then he says that he looks into a hundred deals a day, but only chooses one. …show more content…
Yet, it is discovered that Bud was wearing a wire while he had his encounter with Gekko and turns the evidence over to the authorities, which will now allow them to make a case on Gekko. As he realizes that he may get a lighter sentence for helping the authorities make a case against Gekko, he understands that he is possibly going to prison for insider trading and that his career is ruined. As his parents drive him to go to court, his dad tells him how proud he is that he did the right thing to save the airline. While he’s walking up the steps to go into court, he breathes a sigh of relief as if he had a clear conscience. He know that he did the right thing in order to save Bluestar