The Blind Side
The Blind Side
1. The blind side
2. Michael Lewis
3. 2009, 2006 by Michael Lewis
4. 339
There are always stories of random acts of kindness and how one of the people is benefitted in the situation. Love, risk and Friendship can go a very long way in changing some bodies’ life so drastically that the whole world knows and saves some bodies life. This is a story of how the love and kindness of one family leads to one of the most memorable and heartwarming sport stories I have ever heard. The story starts off with the tale of the giant teenager by the name of Michael Oher, and he how he was separated from his mother at a very young age. He lived in a very poor and crime filled town in Memphis, Tennessee. He is living with his friend Steven Payne and Steven’s dad Big Tony Henderson. Michael was a nobody sleeping on his friends couch when one day Big Tony went out to get Steven in a very good Christian school called Briarcrest. Big tony went to the head football coaches office, Hugh Freeze and talked about Steven attending the school. Steven had the grades and the talent. Big tony also talked about Michael Attending Briarcrest. Michael did not have the grades but was still able to get in. After a few days he was living on the streets but still attending the school. Every night he would either sleep in the gym at the school or the laundry shop in the town. Michael was strongly very badly in school, he had no idea what to do. He took a pop quiz and couldn’t fill in one answer. One teacher decided to help him and converse with Michael to see if he knew anything so she did and gave him an oral quiz which he got a C- on, not good but he was starting to learn with the help of a very generous teacher. One night after a volleyball game at the school Sean
Tuohy, a very wealthy man whose daughter Collins was playing, saw Michael picking up food from the floor such as popcorn and drinks just so he could eat. A few days later everybody knew who he was and referred to him as
1. The blind side
2. Michael Lewis
3. 2009, 2006 by Michael Lewis
4. 339
There are always stories of random acts of kindness and how one of the people is benefitted in the situation. Love, risk and Friendship can go a very long way in changing some bodies’ life so drastically that the whole world knows and saves some bodies life. This is a story of how the love and kindness of one family leads to one of the most memorable and heartwarming sport stories I have ever heard. The story starts off with the tale of the giant teenager by the name of Michael Oher, and he how he was separated from his mother at a very young age. He lived in a very poor and crime filled town in Memphis, Tennessee. He is living with his friend Steven Payne and Steven’s dad Big Tony Henderson. Michael was a nobody sleeping on his friends couch when one day Big Tony went out to get Steven in a very good Christian school called Briarcrest. Big tony went to the head football coaches office, Hugh Freeze and talked about Steven attending the school. Steven had the grades and the talent. Big tony also talked about Michael Attending Briarcrest. Michael did not have the grades but was still able to get in. After a few days he was living on the streets but still attending the school. Every night he would either sleep in the gym at the school or the laundry shop in the town. Michael was strongly very badly in school, he had no idea what to do. He took a pop quiz and couldn’t fill in one answer. One teacher decided to help him and converse with Michael to see if he knew anything so she did and gave him an oral quiz which he got a C- on, not good but he was starting to learn with the help of a very generous teacher. One night after a volleyball game at the school Sean
Tuohy, a very wealthy man whose daughter Collins was playing, saw Michael picking up food from the floor such as popcorn and drinks just so he could eat. A few days later everybody knew who he was and referred to him as