The Blind Side I have decided to write my paper on the character Michael Oher‚ from the movie The Blind Side. It is based on a true story of the offensive lineman for the Baltimore Ravens in the NFL. Michael basically raised himself. He was taken from his mother at age seven because she was a frequent drug abuser. He was placed in several different foster homes but he always ran away. Because of Michael’s massive size‚ he was referred to as “Big Mike”. By the age of 17‚ he found himself sleeping
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FILM ANALYSIS The Blind Side is a 2009 American semi-biographical drama film written and directed by John Lee Hancock. The film took place at Memphis‚ Tennesse and 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
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Theme: One major theme of The Blind Side was to judge people based on their charter and not on their appearance. When Michael had first started at Briarcrest Christian School the teachers deemed him unreachable. Michael was a sight to behold at school because he was huge and black. I wasn’t until a teacher gave him a test orally did they find out that he was like a sponge that soaked up the information he was given. After teachers found out that he was paying attention they started to reach
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In “The Blind Side” by John Lee Hancock‚ an important issue in the film is racism. The film is about a boy called Michael Oher that comes from a very poor and problematic community in the south of America. Racism is held by all members of all racers. Through racism‚ the Christian community are afraid of Michael but there thoughts change when they get to know him. Racism is the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics‚ abilities‚ or qualities specific to that race‚ especially so
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was drug through the foster system for many years solely because he wasn’t born into a forever family. In honor of this courageous male and the family that loved he like their own‚ movie producer‚ John Lee Hancock‚ decided to create the film‚ The Blind Side. In 2009‚ this inspirational story hit the big screen‚ in an effort to show people that those that are raised with nothing can work hard to rise above their ruins and make a name for themselves with one key factor‚ dedication! This incredible
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in her life and she just wants to spend time with Billy. This is shown in the quote “this big ugly five bedroom million dollar brick box that we live in.” This juxtaposes the feelings that Billy has‚ as he feels that he is very happy with the new simple life he now lives and this is expressed when he says “living in this carriage is special‚ its mine”; which links back to how Billy know feels that he belongs in this new environment. As mentioned before this chapter also highlights the relationship
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For most of his childhood‚ 17-year-old Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) has been in foster care with different families throughout Memphis‚ Tennessee. Every time he is placed in a new home‚ he runs away. His friend’s father‚ whose couch Mike had been sleeping on‚ asks Burt Cotton (Ray McKinnon)‚ the coach of Wingate Christian school‚ to help enroll his son and Mike. Impressed by Mike’s size and athleticism‚ Cotton gets him admitted despite his abysmal academic record. At his new school‚ Michael is befriended
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Obviously‚ the movie I am going to write about is The Blind Side (Hancock‚ 2009). There are four psychological issues that I am going to talk about in this paper. They are going to cover the stages that Michael Oher faces in his life all while trying to achieve his dream‚ playing college football. He tries so hard to reach his dream while trying hard to achieve in academics during high school. The four psychological issues that I am going to cover are his abandonment issues‚ racial issue‚ social
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In the Blindside directed by John Lee Hancock there are a lot of important ideas in the blindside.The most noticeable idea in the film would be the importance to belong to a family.A key idea in the film would be the change of character after he meets the Tuohy’s Michael meets the Tuohy’s‚after he meets the tuohys and when he plays football.These all display the idea of family. Another important idea in the film would be when he plays football.At the start of Micheal’s football practice‚Micheal
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‘The Blind Side’ directed by John Lee Hancock is based on a true-life story of Michael Oher or as he is better known‚ “Big Mike”; an African-American teenager who drifts from home to home has very little knowledge of the education system with no stable aspects of his life. Coming from a world of drugs‚ violence and alcohol abuse Mike finds it difficult to transfer into this ‘new world’ while attending Briarcrest Christian School in Memphis. A prestigious white American family‚ the Tuohys‚ take Michael
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