Collin Hill English 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
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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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"The Blind Side" directed by John Lee Hancock depicts the life story of a homeless young African American man by the name of Michael Oher‚ who is taken in by a rich white family who help and encourage him to reach his full potential. While helping Michael‚ the
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Family: Sociology - The Blind Side 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
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Many movies and books have moral lessons or ethical dilemmas and the movie “The Blind Side” is no different. This movie will capture many hearts to those who are in touch with their own morals. It is based on a true life story of an African American boy named Michael who lives in a bad section of the city. Michael is slow at learning and keeps to himself for the most part. At school he comes across another boy in school named S.J. Tuohy‚ who is quite a bit younger but tries to talk to Michael. After
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The Blind Side I have decided to do this reflection paper over The Blind Side. Not only does this movie have a great story‚ it also has many forms of dyadic communication. This movie is about Michael Oher who‚ in the beginning‚ was really struggling in school and with his life in general. All it took was one conversation with Leigh Anne Touhy on a cold night to change both of their lives for the better. With the Touhy family’s help‚ Michael succeeded in high school and college then eventually went
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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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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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