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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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    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 to create the film‚ The Blind Side. In 2009‚ this inspirational story hit the big screen‚ in an effort to show people that those

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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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    Analysis of the Roles of Different People on Michael Oher in The Blind Side The film The Blind Side was based off of the book written by Michael Lewis and was directed and written by John Lee Hancock. The movie premiered on November 20th‚ 2009. Warner Brothers Pictures produced the film for a general audience over the age of thirteen because of language‚ violence‚ drugs‚ and sexual references. This is a story of a young African American boy‚ Michael Oher‚ and his struggle through life to become a

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    English Assessment task CAT: Expository Essay Encountering Conflict Essay Prompt: ‘Conflict leads to individuals to discover more about others and themselves.’ Throughout the course of mankind‚ conflict has contributed to a range of actions made by the human existence. Types of conflict that are commonly associated with society today include interpersonal‚ intrapersonal‚ ethnic‚ cultural and social aspects. These forms of conflict have not only provided people with the sense of hope‚ but have also

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    The movie “The Blind Side” came out in 2009. Sandra Bullock played the 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

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    Introduction 1. Title: _The Blind Side _ 2. Author: Michael Lewis 3. Genre/Type of Book _Biography Body 1. When/Where book takes place: a. Time __1984-2009 b. Place __NFL____ 2. Who/what is the book about? The book is about Lawrence Taylor and the real life of Michael Oher._______ List principle characters Michael Oher‚ Lawrence Taylor‚ the Tuohy family‚ NFL Quarterbacks‚ Teachers‚ Tutors_ 3. Summarize Plot/Climax What happened in the book? The Blind Side contains two separate stories

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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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    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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    offensive tackle Michael Oher‚ The Blind side opens with footage of the monumental moment when quarterback Joe Theismann got sacked by Lawrence Taylor‚ turning the offensive tackle into one of the highest paying positions in football but ending Theismann’s career. If you are not a football fan‚ The Blind Side is about Michael following in Taylor’s footsteps‚ but more so about how his adoption into the Tuohy family got him they’re to becoming a professional football player. Michael also known as “Big

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