Michael Oher Character Traits

Michael Oher is an amazing football player. As Mrs. Tuohy said , “the ideal left tackle is big, wide in the buttock muscle, massive in the thighs, long arms, giant hands, and feet as quick as a hiccup.” There is one obvious trait that made it possible for him to play in the NFL, that is that he is a male, we know this because no woman can play in the NFL and that is where he plays football also people would have never let him on the high school football team. He also was very big, tall which gave him a huge advantage in sports this was supported by a scene in the movie that shows Mrs. Tuohy and Michael at a store called the Big and Tall store and he had to shop in the big and taller section. He also has gigantic hands. There was a scene when the family was at the dinner table, Michael joined hands with Collins and his hands were two to three times larger than hers and hers were normal sized. To become the phenomenal football player he is, Michael had to acquire or learn many lessons, that aided in the future. The first and most important, how to play the game of football. This is something SJ taught his big brother with spices that acted as players in the game. He taught him which player guards which player and

Protective instincts helps Michael by staying out of trouble as in protecting himself. Michael learned to protect his family. For example, he protected his brother from the air bag hitting him. Another inherited trait that Michael had was adaptive instincts. Michael learned to go with the flow and adapt to different situations smoothly like from going to a poor area to a rich area. Michael’s mom could have been a ‘go with the flow’ type of person which made Michael relaxed in tough situations like that. Michael also has great people skills. He acts differently around his family (more relaxed), around his tutor (kind of lazy), around the kids on the playground (playful), and his downtown friends