Guest Blogger: Megan 1

8 mile is a movie with Eminem is the main character and he’s struggling to get through life. His friends and he like to go and rap at the shelter. His first time going on stage he looked at himself in the mirror and throws up because of his nerves. His name is Jimmy Smith Jr. in the movie but all his friends call him rabbit. Rabbit lives with his mom in a trailer and with his daughter. He doesn’t like anyone knowing where he lives because he’s embarrassed. Rabbit is determined to get through his life and is working two jobs to take care of his daughter and his mom. Rabbit had a temper with his mom’s boyfriend and with the groups of people at the shelter who think they can rap better than him. Rabbit is one of the best rappers but he’s too scared and is afraid of getting booed off the stage, again. Rabbit jump through many hoops through the movie. He gets jumped multiple times, try’s to work two jobs with no car, and is trying to make it in his wrapping career. Rabbit finds love in the movie with a girl and is having sex with his best friend but loves her anyways. Everyone constantly going down in his life he is slowly but surely losing hope. His mom hates him for getting into a fight with her boyfriends and his daughter is now scared of everyone because she watched the fight. The critics gave the movie 3 starts. I don’t agree with that because this movie can inspire so many people who don’t have much to live for that there is hope. People from the streets can make it no matter where they come from. The theme of this movie is to not be scared to follow your dreams. Rabbit killed it in the last performance and showed all those ‘thugs’ that they don’t run anything.