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 was a young
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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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"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 Tuohy family realise while encountering conflicts with Michael they also learn and discover things about themselves that they have never known. The movie
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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 S.J.’s mom‚ Leigh Ann Tuohy‚ hears of Michael and finds out he
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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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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 astonishing support
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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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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 of his upbringing‚ Michael knew nothing else but the projects‚ Child Protective Services‚ and neighborhoods that were laden with violence and riddled with drugs. He started this journey as a child in many ways. When Michael was provided
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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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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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