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    The Blind Side

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    Introduction The movie The Blind Side is about a homeless‚ male‚ African-American teenager Michael Oher (Big Mike) who is taken in by the Tuohy family. Michael grew up never knowing who his father was and his mother wasn’t anything but a drug addict who he was taken away from when he was a child. Michael had very little education but had preformed strong in “protective instincts” which is later on used to help motivate his football skills and eventually shape his football career. The Tuohy’s provided

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    Bibliography: The blind side 2009‚ DVD‚ warner bros‚ Hollywood http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0878804/plotsummary‚ http://www.pacejmiller.com/2010/02/24/movie-review-the-blind-side-2009/

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    The Blind Side – English Related Text In society there are often people who do not fall into the typical regime of normality. Society often fears the unknown so those who do not follow the classic rule of what is considered ‘normal’ are often classed as foreign and minute. These people are often isolated and alienated by those around them giving them a sense that they do not have a place which in turn makes them feel like they don’t belong. This concept is shown throughout the film ‘The blind side’

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    Movie Review “The Blind Side” is based on the remarkable true story of Baltimore Ravens offensive left tackle Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron). Michael grew up in the inner city housing projects with his mother in Memphis‚ Tennessee aptly named “Hurt Village”. Michael’s story begins with him being homeless and coming from a broken home with a drug-addicted mother‚ and an absentee father. Because of his family circumstances‚ Family Services took control of his life as he was growing up. Unfortunately

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    The movie The Blind side is a true story about the life of Michael Oher. Michael Oher was a young homeless and traumatized boy. Michael was taken from his mother at a young age. He was placed in different foster homes where he ran away from to get back to his mother. Michael Oher did not attend school around the ages18 months old through 10 years old. His mother was a drug addict. In the movie The Blind side‚ Michael Oher also known as “Big Mike” attends Wingate Christian School he did not know much

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    Blind Side In the film‚ Michael Oher was born and raised in the projects of Memphis‚ Tennessee. He grew up poor‚ not knowing his father‚ and was the son of a crack-addicted mother. Oher did not have a consistent place to live and sometimes stayed with his neighbors. He went along with his neighborhood friend and his father who wanted to enroll his son into a school with a good reputation‚ Wingate Christian School. While attending the school‚ he befriends S.J. Tuohy and later welcomed into the

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    family. Michael on the other hand despite his poverty and not an academic giant is determined for success from any angle of life. His determination in life makes him utilize the opportunity he got and became successful both academically‚ sports and social life. Perceptual Accentuation: Before he was adopted Michael Oher saw the world as a punishment denying him opportunities he dreamt of such as being a footballer. Sean Tuohy never believed the boy will make it through life from how he was in terms

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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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    Film Analysis Psychology 280 Social-Psychological Analysis of the Blind Side The Blind Side depicts the story of Michael Oher‚ a seventeen year old African American homeless boy from a broken home‚ taken in by Leigh Anne Tuohy‚ a wife and mom of two living in a well to-do neighborhood. Repeatedly running away from the group home after group home‚ he was placed in after he was taken from him drug addicted mother‚ he happens to run into the exceedingly accepting family. Only after the catholic

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    Social Stratification

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    Social Stratification * Refers to the ranking individuals and groups in any given society * Tends to be transmitted from one generation to another * Is the hierarchical arrangement and establishment of social categories that may evolve into social groups as well as of statuses and their corresponding roles * May be viewed as a social structure‚ as a social process‚ or as a social problem Basic Concepts of Inequality 1. Attributions – attributions play a very vital role in social

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