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    many people may not discern. The Blind Side is a heartwarming movie that deals with these situations in more ways than one. Throughout the movie we see issues involving classism and racism. The Blind Side demonstrates proper treatment and respect for others; no matter what color their skin is or where they come from. The movie reveals a clear statement that every individual should have equal opportunity to become something in life. Throughout The Blind Side‚ the audience sees the main character‚

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    The movie of The Blind Side attempted to mimic the book as much as possible‚ however there were noticeable choices that the director made that changed the presentation of the movie compared to the picture that the book created. One of the main choices was to cut out a lot of the football facts that were presented in the book. Throughout the book‚ numerous chapters were dedicated to talking about the history of the importance of the left tackle and other players in the game‚ but in the movie‚ almost

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    The Blind Side “The Blind Side” is a wonderful movie that touches your heart when watching it. A great real story that forces you to dig deep inside your soul. The movie demonstrates what Michael Oher had to overcome in order to achieve his goal of playing American football at a national level. The Tuohy gratefully took in Michael‚ who was a homeless boy. He was than enrolled into a Christian school and with the help from the teachers and the Tuohy family‚ Michael qualified to attend Ole Miss and

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    The Blind Side: Do You Have Any Place to Stay Name ENG 225 Instructor October 9‚ 2011 The Blind Side: Do You Have Any Place to Stay? Based on the 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis‚ the 2009 film The Blind Side is the true story of Michael Oher. Oher is an under privileged African American teenager living on the streets of Memphis who is taken in and adopted by Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy‚ an affluent white couple. As much

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    fact that I can get through it‚ plus the support of others was very helpful‚ and knowing someone on earth would be having a worse day. When I was a young child I had many scaring and frightening moments. I have seen a lot of habits my mum got into‚ taking drugs and being a big disappointment to my family. Then I soon later found out I had 12 brothers and sisters. My mother would tell me to shut my eyes when I was scared or anything she didn’t want me to see‚ after that she would then tell me to count

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    Movie Review The Blind Side-October 13‚2010 “The Blind Side” On November 20‚ 2009‚ a great movie was brought forth for the world to see! “The Blind Side” is a 2009 drama-sports film written and directed by John Lee Hancock. However‚ it is based on the 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis. With the movie starring Sandra Bullock‚ Tim McGraw‚ and Quinton Aaron‚ this movie became an instant hit in the box office. This two-hour and nine minute tear-jerker is a great

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    The Blind Side Identify the title‚ text type‚ composer and year of publication * ‘The Blind Side’ is a film composed by John Lee Hancock (2009) Identify the context in which your ORT has been set and they key ideas related to the concept of belonging which are represented. * The blind Side was created based on the 2006 book ‘The Blind Side: Evolution of a game”. The film was set in Memphis‚ in various environments such as A Christian School‚ the Tuohy’s household and other areas. This

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    The blind side is a film that has inspired me to do what I thought I couldn’t. The blind side is a film Based on the true story about Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy who take in a homeless 17 year old African-American‚ called Michael. Michael has no idea who his father is and his mother is a drug addict‚ which is the main reason why he is in foster care. Whenever Michael is placed in a new home he runs away. He has had little formal education and few skills to help him learn. One day Michael was

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    StoryLine:Based on the true story of Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy who take in a homeless teenage African-American‚ Michael "Big Mike" Oher. Michael has no idea who his father is and his mother is a drug addict. Michael has had little formal education and few skills to help him learn. Leigh Anne soon takes charge however‚ as is her nature‚ ensuring that the young man has every opportunity to succeed. When he expresses an interest in football‚ she goes all out to help him‚ including giving the coach a

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    I suspected‚ after reading Megan Basham’s review (below)‚ that the filmThe Blind Side would be worth seeing. So my wife and I went this weekend‚ and we were truly blindsided by a film abundantly rich in its humanity and unabashedly Christian in its underpinnings -- a modern day object lesson in Luke 10:25-37 and Matthew 25:31-47.         Not only that‚ it’s a true story.         You can read the synopsis of the plot below. What that won’t tell you is that Sandra Bullock (commanding and authentic

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