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 Behavioral Analysis On the surface‚ the cinematic drama‚ The Blind Side (Hancock‚ 2009)‚ tells the story of Michael Oher’s climb from meager indigence to professional football fame. The path he followed along his upward journey was long and arduous. Ultimately‚ his encounter and eventual life with the Touhy family‚ allowed stability‚ support‚ and encouragement into his upbringing. The Touhy’s enabled him to develop his own internal ambition and visualize his own successful
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In the film The Blind Side Michael has to overcome many challenges to achieve his goal of playing NFL football. Discuss the obstacles he faced throughout his life to fulfil his dream. How does he overcome these? The Blind Side‚ a film released in November 20‚ 2009‚ produced by Gil Netter‚ Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson. Demonstrates what Michael Oher has to overcome in order to achieve his goal of playing American football at a national level Michael is a homeless boy who has run away
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In the film The Blind Side‚ Leigh Anne introduces the plot by using a football analogy: “There’s a moment of orderly silence before a football play begins. Players are in position‚ linemen are frozen‚ and anything is possible. Then‚ like a traffic accident‚ stuff begins to randomly collide.” The Tuohy`s come from a prominent background‚ and their life is relatively straightforward. When Leigh Anne encounters Michael Oher on a rainy night‚ little do they know that their lives will change. Michael
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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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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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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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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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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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