part of the adoptive mother and Tim McGraw played the adoptive father. His name is Michael Jerome Oher. He was born in Memphis‚ Tennessee on May 28‚ 1986. So he is now currently 25 years old. He is an Offensive Tackle for the National Football League‚ Baltimore Ravens. He is a BIG MAN! He weights 313 lbs. and is 6 feet‚ and 4 inches tall! He was born with the name his birth parents gave him‚ Michael Jerome Williams Jr. He was raised in a family where his mother was an alcoholic and a
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Have you ever heard of Michael Oher? A famous football player at Ole Miss? Michael is different from others because he grew up homeless‚ without a father ‚ and he wasn’t very smart. I bet you are wondering how he is famous. He is famous because a family took him in ‚ the Touhy’s when he became part of their family ‚ Michael whole life changed. Mr.Oher was in and out of homes with different foster parents this is because he would run away to find his mother ‚ every time he found her he would
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Obstacles Michael Oher Faced to Achieve his Dreams In the novel‚ The Blind Side‚ a young boy named Michael Oher experiences many challenges that caused him to change throughout his life. He started off as a shy‚ uneducated boy and later grew into an inspiring role model who went through many obstacles to achieve his main goal of becoming a football player. The novel starts off by describing Michael as a homeless boy trying to survive his life‚ but the novel later progresses into him meeting new
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also need sacrifice because along the way you’re going to give up sleep‚ fun‚ and some of your personal life. And finally you’ll need perseverance because when things don’t look good you will need to have to keep going and keep on keeping on. Michael Oher is great proof of this statement. He came from the slums‚ bounced from home to home. He got the opportunity to get into a good school because of his size where he was take in by a rich family by luck. He didn’t work to get into that family‚ but
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thought all hope was lost. Football paved an extraordinary future to the All-American NFL’s‚ Michael Oher. Oher was introduced by Michael Lewis‚ in his book “The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game.” The book revolves around the life of Michael Oher‚ who had a rocky past but seemed to look past all of that‚ and become one of the most known NFL players. Born and raised in the streets of Memphis‚ Tennessee; Oher was one of twelve children born to a cocaine addict of a mother. As a kid‚ he repeated his first
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Ones’ life is directly impacted by their own view(s) of a specific situation(s) they are placed in or have experienced throughout their lifetime. A remarkable example of this comes to light within the inspirational true story of Michael Oher‚ a homeless African American teen‚ who 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
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Michael Oher is an immense human being. At the age of sixteen‚ he had a 20-inch neck‚ 50-inch waist‚ and a 58-inch chest. Larger measurements‚ that is‚ than every single member of the Washington Redskins. This fact alone meant that his final years in high school‚ Oher was the focus of attention of college coaches across America – grown men taking detours of hundreds of miles to watch him practice‚ in the hope of persuading him to play for their team. Had these coaches the power to design a prototypical
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Akaash Nayak MBC-08 UPenn 7-8-12 Character Analysis for The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game: MICHAEL OHER African-American Michael Oher’s story started when he ran away from home‚ escaping his drug-crazy mother who was fighting her own battle of maintaining a husband-less family and retaining money for drugs‚ food‚ and other “necessities.” Although he kept poor grades up until the year he graduated from high school‚ Oher showed an aptitude in sports from an early age. This would play a major
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when picking a “side”. In the case of Michael Oher‚ a young boy growing up in the ghetto of Memphis‚ Tennessee‚ it was quite clear which side he needed and benefited from. There is no easy way to pick one or the other when deciding which maters more but for Michael he needed the nurture to grow and remove him from the nature he grew up in. In the case of Michael‚ nurture was necessary to his overall success and achievements. Michael Oher was originally born Michael Jerome Williams‚ Jr and grew up in
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Description of a Character Imagine a person who is supportive as a family member and a unique friend that would be there for you at the drop of a hat. My Uncle Matt fits the description perfectly by being an adventurous kid stuck in an adult’s body‚ without this person in my life I wouldn’t be who I am today. He is a muscular middle-aged man who wore old‚ broken Harry Potter style glasses. I would always make fun of him by the way he dressed with an old t-shirt from some random event and jean shorts
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