foster houses‚ Michael Oher choose to be homeless rather than meet new family strange for him. Being taken by the Family Services because of his drug-addicted mother makes him being a shy person. He become a quiet person with low self esteem‚ he had no courage to do anything. Except for his atletic talent. Everybody has the unpleasant impression about him because he shows the scary face with his huge size of body. Perception of others always selective and sometimes distorted. Michael perceive himself
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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. Briarcrest Christian School is a place where Michael originally feels threatened‚ but
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life of the main character‚ Michael Oher‚ and his journey from a sense of dislocation and alienation from those around him‚ to feeling acceptance and a sense of self identity towards himself. Aspects of belonging explored in this film include the relationships that are developed throughout the film which create for Michael a sense of identity‚ acceptance‚ understanding‚ and the potential for Michael to take a further journey in his life. The connections that Michael develops with Leigh Anne Tuohy
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times. Another noticeable change in the movie verses the book was the emphasis on the different characters. The main character was indisputably Michael Oher in both the book and the movie. However‚ the movie put a strong emphasis on Leigh Anne Touhy (who was played by Sandra Bullock) and presented her as the second most major character aside from Michael. The book‚ on the other hand‚ had a lot more facts about Sean that the movie never presented. Leigh Anne was a key player in both‚ but in the movie
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who takes this homeless African American teenager whose name is Michael‚ but called Big Mike. While Michaels mom lived in a drug infested projects‚ he never knew who his father was. Michael had very little to no education and very limited skills to help him get ahead in society. After watching this homeless young man‚ Leann decides he will come and live with them and help provide him the opportunity to successful. Because of Michaels size‚ his expressed in interest‚ in football so Leigh made every
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whole family possessed is what made Michael Oher finally feel as if he was at home. The Tuohy family was overall accepting towards Michael Oher‚ they brought forth unconditional love and so did he‚ and lastly they made him feel secure. These characteristics are characteristics that I believe all families should possess in order for a member of the family to succeed in society. It was evident that the Tuohy family was overall exceptionally accepting towards Oher. Besides the fact that he physically
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American boy names Michael. Michael is not very educated and so at the beginning he fails all his subjects. Leigh Anne starts to help Michael with his grades and also with his football. She sees the potential in him. Living in this totally different environment‚ Michael faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome. Main Characters: Michael Oher: The African American who is taken in by the Tuohy family. Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy: The couple that help Michael fulfil his potential
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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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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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character who overcomes being homeless. According to Michael Oher‚ (2016)‚ Michael Oher was born on May 28‚ 1986‚ in Memphis‚ Tennessee. He came from a broken home and his estranged father was murdered while Oher was in high school. Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy became Oher’s legal guardians and he developed into a college football star and a top NFL draft pick. Michael Sr. was frequently in prison‚ and Denise was addicted to crack cocaine. As a result‚ Michael Jr. was in-and-out of foster homes and frequently
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