"Boiler Room"

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This paper discusses and explains the key causal and motivational factors, at a macro and micro-level alike, that help fuel the main economic and psychological motivations of Seth Davis, the main character in "Boiler Room", to break the law.

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"However, (at the macro level) Seth actually considers himself quite successful in his illegal casino endeavor. After all, at the macro level money is his main (actually his only) motivation. Still, as he later admits to himself when he is alone again, with his girlfriend, it hurts him deeply that his father disapproves so strongly of all he has done in life. Seth's macro-level and micro-level motivations are at war; on one hand, at the micro level, he yearns for his father to be proud of him. But on the other, at the macro level, Seth does not want to work hard for a living, or to wait for the spoils of life until he has really earned them, which his father has done. Seth's macro-level motivation, for quick, easy money, even if dishonestly obtained, eventually wins out over his desire to make his father proud."

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