SUMMARY Seventeen year old Michael Oher‚ an extremely large‚ physically imposing black youth‚ grew up in Memphis. He is no longer living with his drug addicted mother‚ but is in a foster care when he isn’t running away to sleep wherever else he can find. Out of circumstances including Coach Burt Cotton’s belief that he would be an asset to the school’s football program based solely on his size and seeing him move‚ Michael is accepted into Wingate Christian School - an exclusive private school -
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The Blind Side Formal Speech Alex CalinaThe Blind side is a not only a novel‚ but a movie based on the life of a young man named Michael Oher who was taken in by a family and turned into one of the most successful athletes in the history of the NFL. The movie has gotten many great reviews‚ because of its great acting and very deep story. “Is every extraordinary true story worth adapting to film? It seems as though we’ve heard everything before‚ especially when it comes to down-on-their-luck athletes
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good luck. Being in the right place at the right time or genuinely striving for excellence‚ success is accessable to all. In the movie The Blind Side‚ success is portrayed to be accessible by simply knowing the right people. The Blind Side is a 2009 American semi-biographical drama film. It is written and directed by John Lee Hancock‚ and based on the 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis. The storyline features Michael Oher‚ an offensive lineman who plays for the Baltimore Ravens
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Questions 1. What was the school that the Toughy’s who family attended to? 2. What were the two choices of Michael’s UC? 3. Why are the Toughy’s family accused of forcefully making him go to Ole Miss? 4. What is the name of the investigator who arrives at the Touhy home from the NCAA? 5. What was the name of Michaels tutor? 6. How much does Ms.Sue charge for tutoring? 7. When Michaels was reviewing colleges‚ what offer did the Touhy give him? 8. Who is Michael discussing
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Literary Elements 1 The movie that I chose to write about is the Blind Side. What I think this movie is really about is‚ exactly what I watched. The movie is a true story about a real life event. It was about a white family taking in a homeless black boy that goes to the same school as her children. She feels very sorry for him‚ when she sees him walking in the pouring down rain in shorts and a tee shirt. She wants to help him and give him a better life. At first she has him sleeping
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itself‚ nothing short of a miracle. The focal point of Michael Lewis’s The Blind Side is the story of Oher’s transition from a teenager so neglected by society that the Memphis school board can’t really account for his academic record to an eighteen-year-old college recruit with the potential for earning millions when he hits the NFL draft (which he will do this April). Though Oher is the main narrative thrust‚ the book is a wide-ranging examination of the culture of American football‚ its tactical
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with a heart of gold” truly is emphasized by his facial expressions and use of vocabulary. On the other hand‚ Sandra Bullock won an immense amount of awards for her role as Leigh Anne Tuohy in the beloved film‚ The Blind Side. Sandra really became her character in this particular movie by her reaction to realistic events‚ the ability to make the scenes believable‚ and the intensity she put into her emotions. Both actors have proved to be phenomenal in the acting world‚ but take on two very different
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Racism is hate that is found from one person to another. It is when people make extreme fun of others that have a different race; different ethnicity. In this movie‚ “The Blind Side” there is an African-American boy named Michael Oher‚ everyone called him “Big Mike” because he was over weighted. He had a mother who wasn’t stable enough to keep him with her‚ she was a drug addict and he had no idea who his father was. He went to several foster homes‚ he ran away from many because he was treated differently
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The movie the Blind side has shown me many traits that make up a great family‚ but some of these traits are hard to show. The Tuohy family shows the trait of sharing. Which is shown through letting Michael Oher‚ a stranger that is homeless‚ into their house. The Tuohy family fed‚ clothed‚ and made a place for Michael to sleep. At first Michael had no home‚ no food‚ no water‚ and only two pairs of clothes on him.The second trait that makes for a good family is understanding. This isn’t always easy
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Belinging Is Security Belonging is knowing you have somewhere to sleep everynight; having somebody to share your feelings with. Belonging is having someones back‚ knowing they have yours. Before Michaels adoption‚ he didnt know what it meant to belong. He had no bed to sleep in at night‚ no food to eat‚ nowhere to stay warm until the Thoue family came along. They showed him what it meant to belong. Once the thoue family invited Michael into their family‚ michel felt secture which allowed him to
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