Life Challenges In The Film Get Rich Or Die Tryin

Life Challenges
Throughout our life times, we are all challenged by numerous challenges that can not be planned for or we may not be equipped with the tools to be able to solve. My life challenge has existed since my birth. All of my life I battled with the absence of my mother. Without her being in my life I have questioned my worth as son, as a student, as an overall individual, at many stages of my life. I am the eldest child and male. Curtis Jackson (50 Cent) in his film Get Rich or Die Tryin, faces a similar challenge while his mother no longer is alive. Curtis as Marcus, faces many complications which helps him dedicate his life to his passion for music. From watching this film, I have come find that facing adversity to accomplish

a set goal is not satisfying but rather strengthening and allows the accomplishment more appreciated.
Early in the film, there is a scene where Marcus’s mother burned to death after a drug deal goes wrong. This scene not only gave me sympathy for his loss, but it also gave me a sense of happiness for him due to his admirable tenacity. When the scene continued the apartment was dark the anonymous murder lit the corpse on fire. The dim lighting and the tragic picture set a somber mood for the scene. The flames symbolize the damage the murderer has done. Not only did the murderer kill the mother, but he also destroyed what she once was. As her body burns the camera focuses on a picture of Marcus lying with his mother. Prior to the tragedy Marcus adored his mother, but now his memories of her were tainted. The scene is meant to evoke sympathy from the observer. Personally, I could empathize with Marcus. When I was merely seven years old. I received a phone call from my mother, who I had not heard from since I was four. She asked to speak to my grandmother and I heard her say, “Mama they burned my clothes and I need some help.” I was unable to comprehend the situation my mother faced, as did Marcus. At the tender age of eleven Marcus could not possibly comprehend why his mother was killed. Nor could he know who had killed her. As the narrator of the film, Marcus explained in the previous scene that, “Parents think kids see nothing, but I saw everything.” He stated this after he saw a man named Rick James have a confrontation with his mother. James begun to sell drugs in the block where his mom sold drugs as his own. He entertained a false notion that a man who resembled Rick James, was the culprit. Marcus’s loss took away his mother’s physical appearance but he maintained to listen to his mother by pursuing the passion he had for music. That being said, Marcus continued
While pursuing this dream of his to become a rapper, he faced the challenges that came with the lifestyle he chose after moving in with his grandmother. After two years, Marcus realizes that he dealt with the changes of being an only child to surviving with about seven or eight different family members in a household where he not only shared a room, but he also shared a bed with two others. While being in this household he experienced his relatives taking food off his plate and being kicked off the bed which drove him to follow his mother’s footsteps. He also missed the clothes and shoes his mother used to buy him. While noticing his change to sell drugs I related this to a similar mindset I picked up when I began to want more out of the life I was given. I chose to take upon myself to find ways to get things I wanted by making money from small jobs around the for a cell phone or clothes. Marcus chose to sell drugs an mentions that “I’m in it for the money,” after being beaten up on a block he sold drugs from that did not belong to him. He is picked up off the corner by Majestic, the man who regulated his mother’s corners and drugs, and taken to a restaurant for food. The camera is pointed down to Marcus’ brand new retro Jordan fours, which proved to Majestic that Marcus had a good work ethic similar to his mother’s. This gave me the impression that he had been selling drugs Majestic then introduced Marcus what they called the “Drug-manufacturing company” to the where he became one of the biggest drug dealers. This being a beneficial deed for Marcus, it also present challenges that he would have face to while becoming a drug dealer.
Marcus grew into drug dealing, which became hectic as he was now a grown man.

After experiencing satisfaction from selling drugs, Marcus’ new apartment was raided, where the cops who had been on payroll planted narcotics and a weapon while searching his home. Marcus served a couple of years, where he turned back to his passion for music. Marcus ending up in place he did not want be in, made me realize the situations I once ended up in after facing consequences of my actions of stealing. I was caught stealing from Macy’s and my grandmother was called to pick me up. My privileges of being out with friends or going to events was taken away. Marcus faced consequences when it came to selling drugs. He served a man named Mr. Cahill who was the head of the “Drug-manufacturing company,” which he had commit himself to. Unfortunately while Marcus was incarcerated, Majestic surprisingly set up Mr. Cahill by having a crew member kill an innocent cop. Marcus mentioned that “Majestic set him up and blamed it all on Odell.” The day Marcus was released, he was confronted by two specific people, that being his manager for his music career also known as Bama and Majestic the leader of the drug manufacturer. The decision of choosing his path from the institution was to be made and he mentions to Majestic that “Im out the game, man.” He emphasized this saying once more after Majestic laughs at his response to coming back into the drug business. Marcus has made a decision based off the experiences he once had while living the lifestyle as a drug dealer and found his true

passion.