The Blind Side is a true story about the hard life of Michael Oher, and how he turned his life from being basically homeless to starting in the NFL. Michael Oher, a 6’4 African American male, was homeless. He was taken in by a nice couple named Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy and they turned him around in life and pushed him very hard to be good at football. And then in 2009, he was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens. The Blind Side was written by Michael Lewis, about a young man who was living in a bad home and was picked up by a family. This teaches that family is important and that anything is impossible you just have to put your mind to it and want it. This story has a book and a movie. These two have many similarities, along with the differences. …show more content…
Through the book and the movie The Blind Side, there were many similarities. For example, Michael is in the same situation at the start of the book and movie. This is very important for it to be the same because if he wasn’t in that situation there would be no reason to for this book to even be written. In the beginning of the book and movie, Oher was living on the bad side of Memphis and with a bad family. He lived with 13 siblings and with parents with low-income jobs. Also, in The Blind Side all of the characters that are in both, movie and book, have the same personality traits. Michael Oher is nice, but has the will to be better than everyone else and wants to be better. Leigh Anne Tuohy, very nice and caring. But she also wants the best for Michael and treats him like he is her son. One of the biggest similarities in the book and movie are the struggles Michael goes through to meet NCAA standards to play football at Ole Miss. Michael has to raise his GPA to the standards to play college football. He studies a lot, and hires a tutor, and goes through a lot of school work to play college football at Ole Miss. These similarities stood out to me and made me feel what the movie needed, but there were many differences that changed up the plot as well. Many parts of this story, when translated into a movie, were changed in some way.
For an example, in the movie when Michael was taken in by the Tuohys they had a little boy named SJ. SJ loved Michael and was best friends with him. SJ was not in the book though and that changed the plot in the movie. During the car crash, Michael was in, Michael was upset with himself because he hurt SJ. But, in the book Michael was more upset that he let down his parents instead of hurting SJ. Another part of the movie that was different was that Sean Tuohy wasn’t really in the story as much as he was in the book. In the book, he was making all of the decisions with Leigh. In the movie though, Sean was just the father, nothing else, it was as if Leigh Anne was the main character next to Michael, instead of both of the parents. And lastly in the beginning of the book Michael was a natural at football he knew all the techniques and what to do on every play. In the movie he was new to football and didn’t know much, he was very bad at first but through training a year he got very good. In the book Michael was able to play football in high school because of an athlete moved, Michael got on the team and was very good and was instantly a starter. It was not that easy for him in the movie though. He went through an entire season of not being very good and was never really noticed until the next year in the
fall. Throughout the movie and the book The Blind Side, there were many differences when turned from book to movie. This book The Blind Side by Michael Lewis, was amazing and it taught many lessons, and it shared how a boy was transformed just because of one family. The Blind Side was truly an inspiration, it shows how hard work, dedication, and a loving family can make anything possible.
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The books, A Wrinkle in Time and And Then There Were None, both have many differences in the movie versions. The directors of both movies change the plot to make the movie see fit to what they may have imaged the book to be, while still keeping the story line the same.
The characters make a big difference in the movie and the book. One thing they both have in common is that Otis Amber and Berthe Erica Crow get married. And that Edgar Jennings Plum and Angela Wexler get engaged instead of Doctor Denton Deere. Also Jake Wexler is a gambler instead of being a bookie.
For example, Mama goes to the bank in the movie and is given a hard time about paying her mortgage, but this did not happen in the book. Another major difference is that the school bus scene, where the Logan kids played a trick on the white kids, was not shown in the movie, even though it was an important part of the story. There are some character changes as well. Lillian Jean, Jeremy, R.W, and Melvin are Simms’ in the book, but in the movie they are Kaleb Wallace’s children. However, the main plot difference is how the movie starts in the middle, summarizing everything from the first part of the book very briefly. Additionally, many scenes are switched around and placed out of order. Altogether, the plot and character changes contribute to my unfavorable impression of the
In the movie dwayne plays a good part. Dwayne was the guys that stuck up for them even though people did not like their documentary. Dwayne did get shot although that did not happen in the book. Another difference most of the characters that were in the book looked way younger that what the picture said that they looked like in the book. The book did not tell us that Lloyd liked to gamble. Lloyd gambled and almost got shot in the movie. In the movie Lloyd was like the bad guy in the movie, the movie told only bad things about Lloyd and only good things about LeAlan. Another difference in the movie is that the boys who threw Eric Morse out the window were sentenced to Juvenile Detention Center till the age of twenty-one. This is a big part because they never told what the verdict was which made it seem like they were let free from what they did. The last difference is in the movie the vacant apartment that in the book said that it looked creepy and run down it looked really nice in the apartment and I did not really understand why no one lived there.
While watching the movie, I could see that the main characters in the book, both their names and traits, were the same in both the movie and book. However, aside from that there were many different as...
The movie and the story had some of the same characters but some weren't exactly the same. The movie introduced many different characters and changed some of the others. For example, the movie had the plant lady and had the mentor of Anderton as the founders of Precrime while in the book, Anderton was the only founder of Precrime. Also, Witwer wasn't blond he had black hair and Kapler wasn't named Kapler he was named Crow. In the story they had the red head Fleming who did not exist
In both the novel and movie focus on the war. The war influences the characters to enroll.Also, the main setting is at the Devon School. However, in the novel Gene visits Leper at his house but in the movie Leper lives in the woods.In the novel Gene is coming back to the Devon School 15 years later.However, in the book he is coming to Devon as a new student.Therefore, similarities and differences exist in time and setting in the novel and the movie.In the novel and the movie there are similarities and differences in events, character, and time and setting.
Being bold is crucial when exemplifying heroism. Leigh Anne Tuohy steps out of her comfort zone multiple times in the movie The Blind Side to positively affect Michael Oher. Michael Oher is a homeless African American teenager who grew up in the projects around Memphis, TN. Micheal comes from a drug centered and broken family, which lead him to be controlled by Family Services. SJ Tuohy, the son of Leigh Anne, formed the first relationship with Micheal when they bonded over their grade school habits. One
Usually movies try to take the story to a different level or by adding parts or just try to change it to a completely different story. Some of the differences between the movie as to the book are some little and large differences. They might also try taking little parts away that will change how the readers see the story characters. An example of that would be Walter not smoking in the movie (Pg 115). Walter usually smokes because he is stressed or just as a way to relax. Walter also does not get punched by Mam...
Overall, the movie and book have many differences and similarities, some more important than others. The story still is clear without many scenes from the book, but the movie would have more thought in it.
The movie Blind Side begins with the author, Michel Lewis explaining the incident of Joe Thiemann in which he broke his leg into two parts. He then explains the importance of a left tackle in the game of football. After a brief description author introduce Michael Oher; tall, beefy, quiet and athletic guy who is being interviewed by what it seems like a government officer. Michel who was abandoned at very young age and didn’t knew much about his father nor his mother, although he wanted to stay with his mother who was an alcoholic and struggles to find an orphan house or a good family that can take care of Michel. Despite not having much a family nor someone who takes care of him, Michel never gave up on the situation and lived most of his
Michael Lewis’ The Blind Side suggests that independence is not a factor of success. In the game of football, players need their teammates in order to succeed. Michael Oher shows that when he has a family to depend on, he becomes more successful than when he was independent. The Tuohy family depends on Michael. Michael and Sean Junior become closer, as well as making them happier, which is a success. Everyone needs someone to depend on for guidance, support, and encouragement to be successful.
The movie also switches stuff up, because in the book the first sense or diary they got chase after they got off the bus from school, which in the movie they got chased walking on their way to school. Hilary Swank play Erin like if she was actually her, like if she knew her life story and what she had been through. In the movie she lost her husband for wanting to let go of the kids, and in the book it never states she has a
The Blind Side shows the readers multiple times throughout this story that, in life, there are many difficulties, but it is always important to stay positive and do your very best to achieve your life goals. The Blind Side is a football story about a 16 year old African American homeless teenager named Michael Oher. His dad was murdered while he was in high school, and his mom has some very bad addictions to crack and cocaine. As a result, Michael does not live with her anymore. Throughout the story, the Tuohys, a family that attends the same school as Michael, notice multiple times that Michael does not have a place to stay or food to eat.