THE BLIND SIDE HUMAN SERVICES SENIOR LEADERSHIP MATTHEW HOOGVELD PERIOD 1-2. 1. After a late night Thanksgiving school play‚ Leigh Anne notices Michael walking on the road‚ shivering in the cold; when she learns he intends to spend the night huddled outside the school gym‚ she offers him a place to sleep at her house. The next morning‚ when she sees Michael leaving‚ she asks him to spend the holiday with her family. Slowly‚ Michael becomes a member of the Tuohy family‚ even as Leigh Anne’s
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Theme: One major theme of The Blind Side was to judge people based on their charter and not on their appearance. When Michael had first started at Briarcrest Christian School the teachers deemed him unreachable. Michael was a sight to behold at school because he was huge and black. I wasn’t until a teacher gave him a test orally did they find out that he was like a sponge that soaked up the information he was given. After teachers found out that he was paying attention they started to reach
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In “The Blind Side” by John Lee Hancock‚ an important issue in the film is racism. The film is about a boy called Michael Oher that comes from a very poor and problematic community in the south of America. Racism is held by all members of all racers. Through racism‚ the Christian community are afraid of Michael but there thoughts change when they get to know him. Racism is the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics‚ abilities‚ or qualities specific to that race‚ especially so
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was drug through the foster system for many years solely because he wasn’t born into a forever family. In honor of this courageous male and the family that loved he like their own‚ movie producer‚ John Lee Hancock‚ decided to create the film‚ The Blind Side. In 2009‚ this inspirational story hit the big screen‚ in an effort to show people that those that are raised with nothing can work hard to rise above their ruins and make a name for themselves with one key factor‚ dedication! This incredible
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Shyamalan’s film The Village is a work of literary merit. A work of literary merit is the high quality of writing attributed to work of literature. With the use of plot and structure‚ symbolism‚ and suspense from Shyamalan provides the evidence to claim The Village is a literary merit. First‚ Shyamalan use of plot and structure can determine this film is of literary merit. The plot and structure have many aspects within it‚ such as the ending. Literary ending often ends unhappily and indeterminate
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of “Dracula” began as and still continues to be a classic‚ frightening novel and despite how some would classify it on only a single one end of the spectrum‚ it holds true elements of both literary and commercial fiction. He uses various techniques of writing‚ such as the epistolary plot structure and dramatic irony‚ and elements‚ including suspense‚ to present an unexpected‚ fear-inducing concept based on the xenophobic idea of the Victorian era. In its time‚ Dracula’s specific aspects were deemed
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Literary Elements in the Movie Willow Sheila M. Giordano Eng 225 Michael King March 29‚ 2010 Literary Elements in the Movie Willow What is a good movie; is it one that can make a person cry‚ laugh‚ worry‚ or feel angry? Well the fact is it can be any of those and more. In truth‚ most good movies have a unified plot‚ a credible storyline‚ and are interesting. The genre or style of a movie will also play a role in a person’s opinion of what he or she considers to be a good movie. Some
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the Lonely Mountain from the greedy dragon Smaug. Many forms of literary elements appear in this book such as conflict‚ character archetypes‚ artifacts of attraction‚ and deus ex machina.. These elements work together to create a detailed fantasy world which many people enjoy. The main theme of this book is an “everyman” (Bilbo) can develop into a hero when he is thrust into extraordinary circumstances. The first literary element I am going to talk about is conflict. There are many forms of conflict
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Beowulf: Analyzing Key Literary Elements When scholars or students are interested in the Anglo-Saxon way of life‚ there is only one poem that can be used as the perfect representation of the culture. Written by an anonymous christian monk around the year 700 A.D.‚ Beowulf is no ordinary poem. Beowulf is an epic poem that involves the incredible tale of an epic hero named Beowulf and his bravery‚ unsurpassable strength‚ honor‚ confidence‚ and willingness to face all odds. Often called the “mother
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For most of his childhood‚ 17-year-old Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) has been in foster care with different families throughout Memphis‚ Tennessee. Every time he is placed in a new home‚ he runs away. His friend’s father‚ whose couch Mike had been sleeping on‚ asks Burt Cotton (Ray McKinnon)‚ the coach of Wingate Christian school‚ to help enroll his son and Mike. Impressed by Mike’s size and athleticism‚ Cotton gets him admitted despite his abysmal academic record. At his new school‚ Michael is befriended
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