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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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    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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    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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    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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    Key Terms Intercultural Communication: Michael is from a different race. Therefore his interaction not only with his new family but others in the public or school is not friendly. When he goes to school for the first time other students avoid him. Self Concept: Ann Tuohy meets criticism from her friends as to what she is doing with a black boy she actually calls her son. She tells them why Michael needs foster family. Michael on the other hand despite his poverty and not an academic giant is

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    The Blind Side History

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    The Blind Side is a tear jerking‚ heat warming story about acceptance‚ however‚ it lacks the suspense that audiences crave. Just when the movie starts to get good and you start to feel the suspense the scene changes to another hart warming part. Based off of the book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis the movie represents the life of Michael Oher. Tears are bound to flow during this extremely emotion story. The Blind Side implies that the movie will be all about sports‚ however

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    The Blind Side Analysis

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    The Blind Side film review The Blind Side directed by John Lee Hancock. Is a family sports drama film. This film is about a young man taken in by the Tuohy family and introduced to the sport of football. I liked the movie because it showed the caring side of a family and it shows how good people can actually be. I am going to comment on the aspects of costumes‚settings and dialogue The Blind Side is a movie about the struggles of Michael Oher and the story of how he is taken in by the Tuohy

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    The Blind Side Analysis

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    web page that you will be compiling for year 11 students based upon inspirational journeys. An inspirational journey is a journey that is moving‚ stimulating and touching to the audience and this is exactly why these two texts‚ the movie‚ ‘The blind Side”‚ written by John Lee Hancock and Peter Skrzynecki’s poem‚ “Immigrants at central station”‚ should be included in your webpage as they provide to the audience these exact emotions. Obstacles and struggles faced by characters in both texts must be

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    The Blind Side is a motion picture taken from a real life story of Michael Oher. Michael came from a life of poverty and had experienced a life of struggle until the homeless teen had a chance encounter with Mrs.Tuohy who was a wealthy woman with a generous and caring heart. The Blind Side use Mrs. Tuohy‚ S.J‚ Mr. Tuohy‚ and Coach Hugh to demonstrate that acts of kindness can change lives. On a cool‚ rainy night while driving home with her family‚ Mrs. Tuohy spots a young man walking along the road

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    In the film The Blind Side Michael has to overcome many challenges to achieve his goal of playing NFL football. Discuss the obstacles he faced throughout his life to fulfil his dream. How does he overcome these? The Blind Side‚ a film released in November 20‚ 2009‚ produced by Gil Netter‚ Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson. Demonstrates what Michael Oher has to overcome in order to achieve his goal of playing American football at a national level Michael is a homeless boy who has run away

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