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    Michael Oher

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    Memphis‚ Tennessee. After living in several different foster homes for almost the first 2 years of attending Briar Crest‚ he was finally adopted by a family who had kids that also went to Briar Crest Christian School. The adoptive parents names were Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy. This family took him in‚ because they understood what this kid had been through‚ and that he had had a hard life. They wanted to help him‚ so they took him into their home and officially adopted him in 2004. These parents even

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    enrolled in school‚ his teachers either worried about him or doubted him because his grades weren’t the best‚ in addition to that‚ he didn’t talk or did his work. Soon‚ Michael met the Tuohy family who is made up of Leigh Anne‚ Sean‚ and their kids‚ Collins and SJ‚ out of all of them Leigh Anne gives him a chance to come stay with them.

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    Throughout his career‚ director Mike Leigh has focused on creating believable‚ powerful characters. Leigh has characterized his films as “emotional‚ subjective‚ intuitive‚ instinctive‚ vulnerable” (Gordon‚ 1994). His 1996 film Secrets & Lies focuses on a successful black middle class optometrist tracking down her birth mother. Vera Drake (2004) follows a 1950s housekeeper providing illegal abortions to local women. Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) centers on Poppy‚ a school teacher with a compassionate nature

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    is called “The Blind Side? ( i.e. who has a blind side and why?) The term “Blind Side” refers to Michael Oher when he is playing football‚ his objective is to guard the quarterback’s blind side. Michael does not understand this at first‚ however‚ Leigh Anne tells him to imagine his team as his family. His instinct to protect his family’s blind side is why this movie is titled “The Blind Side”. The title of the film Is also related to Michael’s previous thoughts of being neglected‚ since nobody liked

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    The Blind Side An African american teenager named Michael Oher was spotted by Leigh Anne Tuohy wearing nothing but a t-shirt and shorts in the dead of winter. Without hesitation Leigh Tuohy invites him to stay in the Tuohy home for the night. What began as a kind gesture turns into something bigger as Michael becomes part of the family despite their differences. As the family helps Michael to fill his full potential on and off the field‚ the presence of Michael in the Tuohy’s lives leads them to

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    boy from a broken home‚ taken in by Leigh Anne Tuohy‚ a wife and mom of two living in a well to-do neighborhood. Repeatedly running away from the group home after group home‚ he was placed in after he was taken from him drug addicted mother‚ he happens to run into the exceedingly accepting family. Only after the catholic high school football coach sees his size and agility he is accepted to the privet school‚ despite a 0.7 GPA and lack of a place to sleep Leigh Anne Touhy‚ along with only one of his

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    Family: Sociology - The Blind Side The Blind Side      In the context of this extraordinary real life story a boy‚ depending on which society you come from he came from “The other side of the tracks” or “The wrong side of the tracks”. The story is about a young black kid who is shuffled between the welfare system‚ Foster homes that he runs away from and the mother (a drug addict) that has let him down. Big Tony takes him along I think as leverage to get his own son in to a Catholic school because

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    include the relationships that are developed throughout the film which create for Michael a sense of identity‚ acceptance‚ understanding‚ and the potential for Michael to take a further journey in his life. The connections that Michael develops with Leigh Anne Tuohy are the catalyst for the noticeable change that Michael experiences in relation to feeling a sense of inclusion. Outline at least FOUR key ideas about belonging which are represented in your ORT. * The background experiences within

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    side is a film Based on the true story about Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy who take in a homeless 17 year old African-American‚ called Michael. Michael has no idea who his father is and his mother is a drug addict‚ which is the main reason why he is in foster care. Whenever Michael is placed in a new home he runs away. He has had little formal education and few skills to help him learn. One day Michael was walking in the rain with nowhere to go and Leigh Anne saw him and she took him home to live

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    improve the report. (Coordinator) (Spokesperson) (Reviewer) Leigh Ann Walker‚ Staff Accountant Leigh Ann Walker was an exceptional student in college. Her 3.9 grade point average and her involvement in numerous

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