Thesis Statement

The film “8 mile,” is about a white boy, named Marshall Mather’s, just wants to be a big known rapper. It’s hard to do in the heart of Detroit, MI, where he grew up right off 8 mile road. For him to get to the top in the music industry, you have to start at the bottom, doing small rap battles. Marshall gets the name “Rabbit” from others he hangs around, and at the end of the movie he goes off on his own, becomes famous, working with Dr. Dre, and becoming known as “Eminem.”  Although what motivated him to become who is, how did the people he hanged around affect his life, and how does Hallie affect his life as well?