How Is Courage Shown In The Blind Side

‘The Blind Side’ directed by John Lee Hancock is based on a true-life story of Michael Oher or as he is better known, “Big Mike”; an African-American teenager who drifts from home to home has very little knowledge of the education system with no stable aspects of his life. Coming from a world of drugs, violence and alcohol abuse Mike finds it difficult to transfer into this ‘new world’ while attending Briarcrest Christian School in Memphis. A prestigious white American family, the Tuohys, take Michael into their home at the insistence of Leigh Anne Tuohy after seeing Mike walking in the rain by himself holding a plastic bag of his belongings. As the Touhy’s accept Michael as a part of their family, Leigh Anne pursues to ensure that Michael
Nobody takes a real interest in the character of the man himself but only takes an interest in his skin colour. An example of this is when Leigh Anne’s friends immediately assume that he is going to take advantage of her beautiful but most importantly white teenage
Leigh Anne consistently shows courage throughout the film; she stands up for what she believes in, fights for her family but the biggest moment of courage was deciding to take Michael into her home. Nobody but her family understood what she saw in him (but I believe that it was his lonely soul that pulled her into the act); all they could see was a large black man who would take advantage of her and her generosity. The true moment that Leigh Anne showed that she had honour was when she said that Michael should attend Tennessee University (a university that she had strongly disliked for years). This showed honor as the actions she took were not just for herself but for another; she put Michael before her and vowed to stand by his side no matter what. As said by Michael in his final English paper, “Courage is a hard thing to figure. You can have courage based on a dumb idea or a mistake, but you are not supposed to question adults… Maybe they know what’s best or maybe they don’t. Courage is tricky if you always do what others tell you to do. Any fool can have courage but honor that is the real reason you do something or you don’t. You should hope for courage and have honor.” The way that he describes honor and courage is the way that life works. Life is constantly changing and you have to go through life trying to be the best that you can be, while on the