the opposing player. He responds, “The bus. It was time for him to go home.” In that same game, the referee throws a flag on Michael. The coach then asks why he threw the flag. The referee says, “excessive blocking.”The many many sacrifices that the Tuohy family were easily able to make for a complete stranger are beyond inspiring. The Blind Side Written by Michael Lewis, contains two separate stories. One talks about the difficult life of an african american teenager named Michael Oher. The development
along the way. The Blind Side, directed by James Lee Hancock, shows that Leigh Anne Touhy goes through obstacles, and meets people along the way that makes her the ideal Hero. Leigh Anne Touhy is a Campbellian Hero due to the obstacles she faces, and the archetypes she comes in contact with. Leigh Anne leaves her Ordinary World by Crossing the Threshold into the Special World, where she must overcome a series of challenges. Leigh Anne’s journey begins when she helps out a juvenile in need. As a wife
extreme size and athleticism. Michael’s fortunes increase further when the Tuohy family, who aids Michael’s forthcoming success immensely, takes him in. In utter contrast to his upbringing, the Tuohy’s are a multi-millionaire, Keeping Up With The Jonses, white family. The family takes Oher in as one of their own, buying him
At one point, Leigh Anne wants to have an in person conversation with Michael’s biological mother, so that Leigh Anne can adopt Michael. At first his mother seems to not be responsive, but eventually she wishes Michael the best. While leaving, Leigh Anne encounters some guys from the projects who had previously made ugly insinuations about her. She threatens them and leaves them speechless
that eventually lead him to be homeless. When spotted by a woman named Leigh Anne Tuohy, she takes him in and assists him in becoming a pro-football player (“The Blind Side (2009),” n.d.). The issues faced in the movie by Oher are reminiscent of issues dealt with by social workers, homelessness and child neglect being a few. For example, issues presented in the film that emphasizes social work-related problems are seen when Leigh goes to visit Michael’s mother, who is a drug addict, which is what led
Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) is a student at Briarcrest Christian School who is an under privileged African American teenager living in the streets of Memphis who is shuffled between the welfare system. Oher was rescued and taken in by Leigh Anne (Sandra Bullock) and Sean Tuohy (Tim McGraw). The affluent white couple had an older daughter named, Collins (Lily Collins) and younger son named, S.J (Jae Head). Although
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
Although she seems unresponsive in the beginning, the mother finally wishes Michael the best. She says that social services had branded Michael "a runner," and she forecasts that Leigh Anne will find one day that he has run away for good without giving any previous notice. Leigh Anne also faces some tough guys from the projects who had made ugly insinuations about her before. They are left speechless when she threatens them and is not afraid of them at all. Many universities want
When Leigh Anne finds out Michael is homeless, out of sympathetic to such situation, she invites Michael to her home for a stay. From this point, Michael started a new life with Tuohy family, they took him in, they clothed him, they fed him, they paid for his private education, the most importantly, they showered him with love that he has been craving for. Despite Michael’s poor academic performance, Leigh Anne found he scored 98 percentiles in protective distinct
In the high class society Leigh Anne lives in, taking in an African American is daring. Throughout the film Leigh Anne is continuously taunted for her decisions but by standing up for her adopted son heroism is portrayed periodically. In the scene at a rivalry football game an obnoxious fan repeatedly slanders Michael. After moments of Leigh Anne hearing the comments she makes a bold action and stands up for Michael saying, “Hey... crotchmouth
The movie starts out with a story told by Leigh Anne Tuohy. The story talks about how in football there was a huge shift in the way recruiters looked for left tackles. Leigh Anne Tuohy gave an example of when Lawrence Taylor in 1985, sacked Joe Theismann, quarterback for the Washington Redskins at the time, and broke Joe’s leg. This caused a huge momentum shift
individuals who go through a time of having no place to call home or no one who accepts them. The night Leigh Anne pulled over to see what Michael was doing, he was on his way to the school gym to stay warm and dry. Michael didn’t have a home to return to every night because his mother chose drugs over him when he was a young boy. The morning after Michael was welcomed into the Tuohy household, Leigh Anne chased Michael down the driveway because he was leaving. He had nowhere to leave and return to, but
The Tuohy family is an upper-class family, Sean owns many fast food chain restaurants and Leigh Anne is an interior decorator. They go to get his clothes from his mothers and Michael refuses to let Leigh Anne out of the car. Leigh Anne is uncomfortable as the gang sitting on the steps make flirtatious gestures at her. As they are walking down the street to the Big and Tall store, there are noticeable men on the side are astounded that a white woman is walking through Hurt Village. The Tuohys, especially
As the hero surpasses the world of common day they find their call to adventure. Leigh-Anne worries about Michael and considers bringing Michael in as one of her own. Next, the refusal of the call, Michael is a quiet and reserved person, whose action are questionable to Sean Tuohy, Leigh-Annes husband. He worries that becoming legal guardians of Michael will influence him to take advantage of Leigh-Annes actions to provide for michael. Her actions are a true reflection of Campbell’s affirmations
tall and weighs about two hundred pounds. He is the youngest of twelve children and was raised in the projects. He meets Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra bullock), a wealthy white woman, who along with her family, accept Michael as one of their own. The Tuohy's adopt him and with their help he becomes an All-American Football Player and first-round NFL draft pick
There are two theories that shows throughout the movie, Feminist Theory and Social Exchange Theory. The Feminist Theory is strongly portrayed by Leigh Anne Tuohy throughout the whole movie. She is a strong, proud, loyal woman that wears herself confidently in front of everyone. For example, when Leigh Anne went to the projects despite Michael telling her to never go there without him, she was harassed by a couple of the residents and stood up for herself by threatening the leader with the ‘piece’
compassion, courage, triumph and patience within the characters, specifically with Michael and Leigh Anne due to the fact that they went from being complete strangers who knew nothing of one another and not much communication between each other, into a close family that overcame these harsh road blocks no one should really have to go through. The first topic this report will cover between Michael and Leigh Anne is the ethnicity, racism, discrimination and intercultural aspects within the movie. The film
The Blind Side: Achieving the American Dream Michael Lewis’ The Blind Side centers around a homeless sixteen-year-old African- American boy named Michael Oher (known as “Big Mike”), who was taken in by the prosperous Southern family, the Tuohys. Oher was six-foot-five and weighed 330 pounds, but every time he plays football he moves “like he’s a hundred sixty-five pounds” (Lewis 76). His astounding speed and immense strength in football attracted many college coaches across America. To have
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
had been emotionally hurt throughout his entire childhood. Fortunately, Michael met Leigh Anne Tuohy, and she and her family through time gained his trust and built a relationship with him. Michael’s past experiences with other people he loved made him unable to bond with people easily, yet the love that the Tuohy family showed him allowed him to overcome his issues. At the time when Michael first met Leigh Anne, Michael struggled with creating relationships with people. His distrust of people was