when watching it. A great real story that forces you to dig deep inside your soul. The movie demonstrates what Michael Oher had to overcome in order to achieve his goal of playing American football at a national level. The Tuohy gratefully took in Michael‚ who was a homeless boy. He was than enrolled into a Christian school and with the help from the teachers and the Tuohy family‚ Michael qualified to attend Ole Miss and play football. This story of love‚ family‚ and courage can be an inspiration
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to you to express how I feel. I struggled a lot and I use to be a quiet and shy boy‚ but now I am a confident and free spirited person and you and your wife have given me reason to believe again. Thankyou From Michael Oher Discuss what your character learnt: In the movie‚ Michael Oher’s character capabilities change majorly.
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The movie the Blind Side chronicles the true events in the life of Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Michael Oher. The movie opens with historical footage of one of the defining moments in football when quarterback Joe Theismann suffered a career ending sack by Lawrence Taylor. Though this resulted in the demise of Joe Theismann’s career‚ it catapulted the position of offensive tackle in to one of the highest paid positions in football. Contextually‚ the blind side as it relates to football is the
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Nature Versus Nurture Michael Lewis has at least two themes in The Blind Side besides merely telling a good football story. Behind the disguise of his biography‚ he is putting emphasis on the fact that nurture overpowers nature and the ability to persevere. By emphasizing Michael Oher’s uncertainty of what he wanted to do in the beginning of the book‚ he discreetly attributes this to Oher’s mentality developed while living in the Hurt Village projects. And in using the results of his Aptitude
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Michael Oher was a homeless teenager that drifted in and out of the school system. One day‚ he planned to sleep at the gym when he was approached by Leigh Anne. She offered him a place to stay. Not long after‚ he was taken in and then officially adopted by the Tuohys. He didn’t expect to become a part of this family and he didn’t know just how much this moment would be a turning point in his life. He didn’t expect this family to liberate him from the effects of poverty at a young age. There are five
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The Blind Side is a motion picture taken from a real life story of Michael Oher. Michael came from a life of poverty and had experienced a life of struggle until the homeless teen had a chance encounter with Mrs.Tuohy who was a wealthy woman with a generous and caring heart. The Blind Side use Mrs. Tuohy‚ S.J‚ Mr. Tuohy‚ and Coach Hugh to demonstrate that acts of kindness can change lives. On a cool‚ rainy night while driving home with her family‚ Mrs. Tuohy spots a young man walking along the road
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featured Michael Oher‚ an offensive lineman who played for the Baltimore Raven of the NFL. For most of his childhood life‚ 17 year old Oher has been in foster care with different families yet runs away every time he was placed in a new home. His life change when his friend’s father asks Burt Cotton‚ coach of Wingate Christian School‚ to help his son and Mike enrol. Impressed by Mike’s size and athleticism‚ Cotton gets him admitted despite his abysmal academic record. At his new school‚ Oher was befriended
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Speech on Sport brings out the best in people. I think that sport brings out the best in people through four main reasons‚ It teaches important life skills and discipline‚ Builds unity and provides escape from other difficuilties.This helps shape the individual as a person and helps them be the best they can be. 1 Leadersip Sports teaches leadership. Leadership is necessary and important in our culture. Sports train people to be leaders‚ whether as sports stars or as leaders in their communities
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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
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Composition I November‚ 13 2014 The Blind Side Sport movies have a long‚ troubled history of well-meaning white paternalism‚ with poor black athletes finding success through white charity. But The Blind Side‚ based on Michael Lewis’ non-fiction book is one of the best. As Michael Oher‚ played by Quinton Aaron‚ is struggling with everything in his life‚ he gets taken in by the Tuohys‚ a loving‚ Christian family. The Blind Side is a sports movie that’s not really even about sports. It’s a football movie
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