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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name of Michaels tutor? 6. How much does Ms.Sue charge for tutoring? 7. When Michaels was reviewing colleges‚ what offer did the Touhy give him? 8. Who is Michael discussing his college choice with? 9. What team does Karl Roper coach for? 10. What word was used frequently hen describing Michael? 11. What was the problem for Michael when choosing colleges? 12. What college doesn’t make it into Michael’s list? 13. During which month of the year does Michael make his
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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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The Blind Side Formal Speech Alex CalinaThe Blind side is a not only a novel‚ but a movie based on the life of a young man named Michael Oher who was taken in by a family and turned into one of the most successful athletes in the history of the NFL. The movie has gotten many great reviews‚ because of its great acting and very deep story. “Is every extraordinary true story worth adapting to film? It seems as though we’ve heard everything before‚ especially when it comes to down-on-their-luck athletes
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critique I chose to review The Blind Side (2009). In this film Sandra Bullock plays Leigh Anne Tuohy‚ a successful interior designer. Her husband Sean Tuohy played by Tim McGraw is the owner of over 85 fast food franchises including Taco Bell‚ Kentucky Fried Chicken‚ Pizza Hut‚ and Long John Silver’s. In the film Leigh Anne takes a boy named Michael “Big Mike” Oher into her home and provides him with the opportunity of a lifetime. Actor Quinton Aaron takes on the role of Michael Oher‚ a homeless and traumatized
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Before Michaels adoption‚ he didnt know what it meant to belong. He had no bed to sleep in at night‚ no food to eat‚ nowhere to stay warm until the Thoue family came along. They showed him what it meant to belong. Once the thoue family invited Michael into their family‚ michel felt secture which allowed him to reach his full potetial. Michael is a prime example of how success is much easier achieved when given the tools‚ and the opportunity to achieve greatness. Before the adoption‚ michael was lost
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Peter Shelton Film Case Study of The Blind Side The Blind Side was based on the life of Michael Oher a teenage African American boy whose mother was battling drug and alcohol addictions‚ in the projects of Memphis Tennessee. Mike as he is know in the movie was in foster care several times and always ran away to his Mother‚ thinking that no one could ever love him the way his Mother could‚ even with her ongoing addiction. Mike often slept at his fathers friends home‚ but even he could not give
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and the way we go about completing specific tasks. We inhabit a world that has a multitude of language and cultures which bring about various ways of practicing both politics and economics. In his book Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World‚ Michael Lewis takes us with him to places like Iceland‚ Greece‚ Germany and Ireland to show us how the culture there influenced the bad decisions that brought about the financial collapse. He calls it the new third world because the region took a step backwards
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right time or genuinely striving for excellence‚ success is accessable to all. In the movie The Blind Side‚ success is portrayed to be accessible by simply knowing the right people. The Blind Side is a 2009 American semi-biographical drama film. It is written and directed by John Lee Hancock‚ and based on the 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis. The storyline features Michael Oher‚ an offensive lineman who plays for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL. The film
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of The Blind Side was to judge people based on their charter and not on their appearance. When Michael had first started at Briarcrest Christian School the teachers deemed him unreachable. Michael was a sight to behold at school because he was huge and black. I wasn’t until a teacher gave him a test orally did they find out that he was like a sponge that soaked up the information he was given. After teachers found out that he was paying attention they started to reach out and help Michael in ways
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