John L. Hancock’s film titled The Blind Side depicts a struggle of a homeless boy becoming an All-American football player in a dense white society. Depicting the challenges that a kid had to face before he became the famous player. Michael Oher‚ (the main character) had more obstacles in his life than any other person from the Tuohy family had ever faced. Even with all of those challenges he had faced‚ the determination leads Michael to change his life for the better. Even though Michael had an
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Essay - The Blind Side ‘Our surroundings can be both threatening and comforting. Discuss in relation to the behaviour of Michael Oher in the film.’ Some settings we encounter in our lives are both familiar and dangerous to us. John Lee Hancock shows this particularly well through the character of Michael Oher in ‘The Blind Side’. Settings such as the Touhy house‚ the Christian school and the suburb of Hurt Village‚ where Michael’s mother lives‚ serve as examples of these contradictory places.
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The Blind Side The blind side is a semi-biographical drama written by Michael Lewis‚ it is an inspirational real life story about a black 17 year old boy Michael born in the ghetto of Memphis in America. At the age of three‚ he was sent to various foster homes because he dint know who is father was and his mother was an alcoholic and a sex worker who did not have sufficient money to take care of her sixteen children. Michael ran away from his foster home because his foster mother wanted him out
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In his academy award winning movie‚ The Blind Side‚ released in 2009‚ John Lee Hancock‚ an award winning director and author‚ illustrates the relevant racism against African American in modern society shown through the non-fiction narrative of Leigh Anne Tuohy‚ a woman who encounters a young African American boy that only has two personal belongings‚ an extra shirt and pants. Hancock develops his illustration by retelling the story Ferdinand the Bull through Michael Oher’s character as well as developing
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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 they can both play sports
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horrible environments growing up; yet‚ they became incredible successes. Even though an individual may not come from an ideal environment‚ there are many other factors that will determine how successful he or she will be in life. The movie The Blind Side illustrates this perfectly. The environment that an individual grows up in definitely plays a role in the shaping of his future and success. Michael Oher was not lacking determination; he had no concept of what it was. As a result of the environment
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lacks the sufficient income to acquire a minimal quantity of necessities to ensure an adequate standard of living. These essentials include but are not limited to health services‚ food‚ housing‚ clothing‚ and education. To summarize the film‚ the Blind Side is a film based on the true story of Michael Oher‚ a homeless teen living in Tennessee. He lived in the projects and was moved from one foster home to another. Because of his big
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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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movements such as the harlem renaissance and many more african american fronts all striving for equality. This idea is dominant in both the poems of “langston hughes” and “The Blind Side” directed by John lee hancock. The adversities that are raised between the two play a major role in the struggle for equality. “The blind side” establishes this with michael oher’s hardships and Langston Hughes displays this with “mother to son”. Overcoming obstacles is evident in the poem “mother to son” as it is
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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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