The Blind Side is a heart-wrenching true story about the Carolina Panther’s offensive tackle, Micheal Oher, but despite it all, it’s nothing new.
Micheal Oher (Quinto Aaron) is a homeless African – American teenage boy who suffers from severe learning difficulties and a shy, quiet personality. He lucks out on getting into a Christian school in Memphis where the Coach spots potential in the boy and hopes he becomes a football player.
When Micheal Oher can be seen walking back to the school gym for warmth this catches the eye of Leigh-Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock), the southern-accented, business wife of 2 catches whiff of Micheal’s situation she is quick to take him in into her house, this soon leads Micheal from being a homeless African – Amercian
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A poor, underprivileged young, teenage boy with no hopes for his future but suddenly, a guardian angel sent from the gods helps the boy to become something great. It’s honestly the plot to every American Football movie ever made and the fact that they made it seem like you can only ever be successful if you're adopted by a rich family doesn’t help it’s case either.
But in saying this, The Blind side isn’t a bad movie at all.
The Blind Side doesn’t revolve around the popular American sport, Football, in fact, it was probably only a third of the movie, despite the fact that was a big contributor to the movie’s success. It teaches us about family and what it truly means to be a family, an example can be found when Collins (Lily Collins) decides to leave her friends and sits next to Micheal, this being significant because she was a bit uncomfortable to be around him before.
The characters are above average. Like every other movie, it’s got it’s major and it’s minor characters but in The Blind Side, everyone seems to act like they're a major character. Sean Touhy (Tim Mcgraw) is the token husband, but in the end, it was only him that was able to secure Micheal’s chance of impressing his English teacher (Ray Mckinnon) for Micheal to
Blindness versus Sight In Tangerine, Paul may be physically blind but he can see what his parents’ and the townspeople can’t. Paul, a middle school student and the main character, is physically blind and is looking for answers from the past. Erik, Paul's big brother, is a superstar football kicker and bully who is driven by anger and frustration. Their parents are struggling with the secrets from the past and the effect that they have on the family and the families future. Tangerine County in Florida has the well off town of Lake Windsor, where the Fisher family lives, and the poorer town of Tangerine.
Some might refer to "seeing" as simply to watch with a naked eye, while some would refer to it as being able to witness an event and recall upon it later. In fact, some would even go as far as that if someone hasn't witnessed something visually, he basically hasn't "seen" it. However, in his essay "The Mind's eye," Oliver Sacks seemingly breaks the norm. In his essay, the blind's adaptation to their disadvantaged is talked about. Yet, it seems like those who were victims of the neurological disorder seem better off blind. Furthermore, another question hanging in the balance is whether the blind people are actually "adapting" to their new lives or rather "reforming" how they will live? Through various stories of blind people, he is able to
In this movie I learned that you can never be quick to judge people based on their color, or the way they look, because their look doesn't tell you if they are nice or good people. This movie teaches you great lessons about life and shows that it takes hard work to succeed and to make a good team. Chemistry is one of the key things. Everyone should get along, and there should be no conflict between teammates. I have also learned that you shouldn't judge someone based on the color of their skin.
On the Road places more emphasis on the personal rejection of the dream, while Invisible Man sets out to show and discuss how African Americans are marginalized in society, and how they are therefore disallowed from participating in the same dream that whites are. That is not to say however, that the texts do not deal with the other side, On the Road, distinctly deals with the idea of minorities lacking the ability to have the same dream as whites, and Sal is the embodiment of this idea. As well, Invisible Man shows the narrator’s personal rejection of the American Dream after realizing that he is simply being kept running in
Life is an ongoing process of learning and growing through challenges and experiences. It is mentioned by Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American poet, that “unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.” Emerson contributes to the idea that change is inevitable and it is key to one’s personal development (Lipovetsky, 2012). Well, such is an essence in the film “The Blind Side” when the protagonist, Michael Oher, changes and grow through adversities, which eventually shaped him into the man he is today. Oher, also known as Big Mike, is a 16 year old African American teenage boy. Oher was one of the twelve children living in a broken extremely impoverished home in the ghettos of Memphis surrounded by drugs.
One of the more prevalent themes of this movie is racism, and how prejudicial mindsets ultimately lead to one’s own demise. The movie outlines how racism, among other things, can adversely affect someone’s judgment. After the father died, we see how the family gradually deteriorates financially as well as emotionally after Derek (the older brother played by Edward Norton) turns to a neo Nazi gang for an outlet, which eventually influences his younger brother Danny (played by Edward Furlong) to follow down ...
I have always believed that all races have their good and bad. Their is never going to be the perfect race. This movie definitely set a powerful message that life is not perfect for any race and that even though people are from different cultures, they are all interconnected somehow. The filmmakers did a great job at showing us that individuals should not be based on first impressions such as skin color or the social status.
The Blind Side is a thriller set in Memphis, Tennessee. This movie stars Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron, and various other actors. In this movie, Michael Oher, who is being raised in the projects by a foster home away from his a drug addicted mother. He begins going to this private school, even though the had a .6 gpa.
My entire paper: Denzel Washington once said, “At the end of the day it’s not about what you have or even what you've accomplished it’s about who you've lifted up, who you’ve made better.” People’s impact on others is one key to success. It can help others learn things they never knew or even just brighten their day. Blindsided is a story that teaches a valuable lesson that is true for even a modern teen: letting people into your life to help you can positively impact your life.
The Blind Side by John Lee Hancock intended to idealize the social rejection which tensions the perception on how people are sighted “different” or “other”. The first hindsight depicts the acknowledged tourist of a black, homeless teen (Michael Oher) impacted disconnection of environmental surroundings despite his structure of aggression and primal instinct capability on the football field. Hence, his absolute value contradicts the endured hardship on unity within the white community established in the Long Shot provokes the impulsive grouped teachers in the table whilst Michael is isolated on his own. Michael instigates himself to question presiding his alienation from lost disaffection signalling symbolic gesture from the direct speech of the teacher’s opinions on “I don’t think….” reveals the reputation of Michael considered an outcast. The sarcastic tone when “he writes his name…. barely” socially rejects him. His supplementations of childhood obstacles ratify the contradiction of freedom and equality in contrast to the Civil Rights Movement based on colour discriminating the repetition of the word “white” effectively speaks “I look and see white everywhere, white walls, white floors and a lot of white people” optimizes his vain separation and feelings of isolation to project his empathy. The director plays an authentic appreciation to
In the blockbuster movie The Blind Side, director John Lee Hancock brings to light an emotionally charged and compelling story that describes how a young African American teenager perseveres through the trials, tribulations and hardships that surround his childhood. The themes of class, poverty, and also the love and nurturing of family encapsulate the film mainly through the relationship that Mrs. Tuohy and Michael Oher build during the entirety of the movie. This analysis will bring together these themes with sociological ideas seen throughout the course.
(Kingsle, 2011) He is the quintessential White Messiah in the film, the imagery of him walking through a parted crowd of Na’vi who call him the chosen one, grateful for his help. The Blindside had similar characteristics of white privilege, the Sandra Bullock character appeared to be headstrong, passionate, capable, and effective while Michael Oher was perceived as emotionally stunted, and unable of helping himself. The White Savior syndrome, as we have seen, has the tendency to render people of colour lacking the capacity to seek change, and erasing their historical agency (Cammarota, 2011). Any progress or success is from the aid of a white individual, which suggests that escaping poverty, or ignorance, is thanks to the intelligence of the White Savior.
In “The Blind Side” Michael meets Leigh Anne, someone who takes him in at a time when he is homeless. She provides him with food, clothes, and roof to live under, as well as giving him a better education. Leigh Anne changes Michael’s life for the better, but most importantly she makes him feel loved and appreciated. In similarity, the” Freedom Writers,” Mrs. Erin earns her students’ respect by showing them love. She changes her students’, perspective about getting a school education, while at the same time she shows them a personal interest, and hope for a better future.
The Blind Side is a film that follows the life of Michael Oher, an underprivileged high school football player that is supported by an upper class family, the Tuohys, and taken into their home. They provide him with shelter and a bed that he says he has never had. As the Tuohys are driving down the street one night, they see Michael walking alone in the cold. Mrs. Tuohy tells her husband to stop the car and she lets Michael inside. The couple discusses later that night about whether it was a good idea or not to allow Michael into their home. They ultimately decide that they are doing what is best for him and they can sacrifice a little bit of their life to help Michael. They support him in school, on the football field, and when he is
Non judgmental and Compassion was a message in this movie. If more people would have compassion for others we would live in a better world. It is important to be non judgmental because people never know what happens in a person's life to cause them to act out in a certain way. Mrs. Erin Gruwell’s students were separated along racial lines and had few aspirations beyond street survival. Many people warned her that her students were all criminals who couldn’t be taught. With all odds stacked against her, she accepted the teaching position at Wilson High School. Erin Gruwell saw more in the students than a future as criminals and gang members; she saw them as people who have lost their ways in life. Instead of turning her back as society had done, she held out a helping hand. She had compassion and was non judgmental toward the children’s actions and hatred for one another. Being judgmental...