8 Mile

I've always wanted to watch 8 Mile but I could not find any time to watch it. So I thought if I did my analysis of the rap artist Eminem then I could kill two birds with one stone.

I felt that 8 mile is a fair portrayal of Eminem's life, in the sense that it has a corollary theme to his music and stories told over media. The movie 8 mile is about Eminem's struggle in the rap world and his personal issues and trails. For example, his song "Super man," starts out as Eminem talking to a girl and it seems that he is in love with her and then a few seconds later he rejects and denies her because he does not know her intention. This idea is drawn from the example in the movie when he falls in love with Alex, and he really likes this girl, but after the second time they met he has already had sex with her. Later on in the movie Alex is caught by B-Rabbit (Eminem's Character) having sex with one of his friends. Another example of corrrelation between his work and his life story is the free style rap battling that is done in the movie. Before Eminem became rich and famous he use to freestyle battle himself. These are just some of the example drawn from the movie, but if you ever have time you should watch this movie.

More Thoughts of Roland

Roland Barthes's article, "Death of the Author" presents an intriguing and philosophical theory that once an author writes his/her ideas onto paper then the author dies and writing begins. This is my theory from Wednesday's discussion: writing is such an abstract idea in itself that once an author writes his/her ideas, their identities become lost because of the numerous ways their writing can be interepted. For example, lets back to the example given in class, when we see a tree we know that it's a tree. But when we see the word tree so many things come into mind, whether the tree is a apple tree, orange tree, oak tree, the design, the texture, the color, and etc. There will be no way that the reader will ever know what the author intend or implied in his/her writing. "The voice loses its origin, the author enters into his own death, writing begins."

Bloging 100

Blogging is a unique way that the any one person can express their feeling, thoughts, and ideas to the mass at a low cost or at no cost. Blogging is user friendly and anyone can learn how to use and create their own blog, also there are sites that let anyone create free blogging page, such as blogger.com.

My name is Michael and I am a 3rd year student currently studying mathematics and economics.