The Blind Side Movie Analysis

The world is far from a uniform system. Each and every individual is placed in a different situation depending on everything from location, race, beliefs, and economic status. Psychology looks at how individuals come out of these specific environments and how they transform into an adult through the trials and tribulations of their growth. In The Blind Side, director John Lee Hancock focuses on an athletically skilled African-American teen, Michael Oher, who is transformed from a homeless orphan from the projects into a highly sought after college football prospect through a positive change in family, school, and supportive surroundings.

As infants grow up to be adults, they succeed and surpass phases in their development that prove mental growth has occurred. These phases, such as learning to be independent and being able to make decisions on their own or being persuaded by others, are well explained within theories created by theorists and psychologists such as Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson. These theories were created to show a unique psychological outlook on ones’ personal developmental growth. One of the most crucial phases is the adolescent stage; this stage sees a growth and development in the biosocial, cognitive, psychosocial and moral aspects of an adolescent’s life. The Blind Side’s Michael Oher is a great example of someone who is experiencing the adolescent stage. Michael Oher is a seventeen-year-old African American who grew up in the housing projects in Memphis, Tennessee and was separated from his drug-addicted mother. As a result, Michael went from foster home to foster home until he was adopted by the Touhy’s. Throughout the movie, Michael demonstrated various cognitive and psychosocial developments. Even through his struggles and experiences, he was able to overcome the obstacles and become successful as a student and as an athlete.

Taking the bad in with the good, although you may be the perfect classification in order to be targeted in todays society. How you’re classified is based on things such as a persons race, intellect, social class, and appearance. A 2009 film, The Blind Side, written and directed by John Lee Hancock stars, Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw, is based on a true story. This movie tells a story that truly depicts simple acts of kindness that has the capability to change a persons life.

“Based on a book by journalist Michael Lewis chronicling the real life Oher’s experiences, “The Blind Side” manages to inspire despite its broad-strokes approach to characterization.”(VLM, 2010) The Blind Side is based on a true story, the story of Michael Oher, a homeless boy with a traumatic past until one women, Leigh Ann, took him in as her own son and changed his life for the better. Michael is now known as an American football player, that was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens. The film, “The Blind side”, produced by John Lee Hancock, demonstrates that a tragic childhood does not necessarily mean one is destined for defeat, as long as there are those who care enough about you. “The Blind Side” uses rhetorical appeals by illustrating ethos, logos, and pathos to teach the audience moral lessons on learning and coping with traumatic life experiences and defining oneself socially through personal actions.

The Blind Side depicts the story of Michael Oher, a seventeen year old African American homeless boy from a broken home, taken in by Leigh Anne Tuohy, a wife and mom of two living in a well to-do neighborhood. Repeatedly running away from the group home after group home, he was placed in after he was taken from him drug addicted mother, he happens to run into the exceedingly accepting family. Only after the catholic high school football coach sees his size and agility he is accepted to the privet school, despite a 0.7 GPA and lack of a place to sleep Leigh Anne Touhy, along with only one of his teachers, take a special interest in him. The families give him

The movie The Blind Side was released in 2009. It is about a young man, named Michael Oher, who grew up in a poor environment. In the beginning of the movie, Michael was homeless and not currently attending school. All of that changed when a woman, named Leigh Anne Tuohy, offered Michael the chance to stay with her and her family. The Tuohy family was well off, unlike Michael, so it was an adjustment for both the family and him to live together. However, the family was very warm and welcoming to Michael, which differed from many of the other people Michael encountered. In the movie, Michael experienced racism, discrimination, and prejudice towards him from a variety of people.

This movie is a prime example of employing interdependence. The Tuohy’s and Michael Oher have an instant connection once they meet. “I feel like this is the place I have always needed to call home”, Michael Oher speaks regarding the Touhy’s and their household. This shows the life long relationship that these people have created in such little time. Michael was first introduced to the Touhy’s at the point when, SJ (son of Leigh Anne and Sean) was hanging out with him at the local park.

The Blind Side is based on a true story about a homeless boy named Michael Oher (Big Mike) who has been living with different people until the Tuohys take him in. Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy eventually become his legal guardians and the story is about how his life improves while playing football at Wingate high school in Tennesee. It shows his struggles with grades, and how the family and Michael are affected by the other. Because of his giant size he goes on to get a football scholarship for the University of Mississippi. The story is about his journey.

The movie “The Blind Side” originally written by: Michael Lewis is about a highschool boy named Michael Oher who gets adopted by the Tuohy family. The family financially help Michael with his school grades in order to play football, after his grades went up Michael got the proper training to play in his school team. Eventually, he struggles but Sean motivates Michael training him using Football strategies. Sean recorded a video of his sports performance Therefore it made him famous and received a scholarship.

The Blind Side was released on November 20, 2009 by Warner Bro. Pictures, and directed by John Lee Hancock. The film is based on a book, “The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game” and a true story. The Blind Side is a semi-biographical sports drama film about a neglected and troubled African-American boy named Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) growing up in the ghetto with his drug addict mother. Due to his mother’s drug abuse problem, Michael is forced into the foster care system. Michael would always run away from his foster home leaving him homeless. One night, while Michael is looking for a warm place to sleep, Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) an upper class Caucasian female finds Michael and decides to give him a place to sleep in her home. Although many of her friends and family judged her for her decision of taking an African-American child into her home, Leigh Anne provided Michael with an education, home family, food, and clothes. She gave him the opportunity to have a future and to become his own person. Adults from the age range of thirteen and older will enjoy The Blind Side because of its cast,

The Blind side is considered one of the best sports biographies and one of the best sports related inspirational stories. The blind side was published in 2006 and was written by Michael Lewis. This book is based on a Memphis native, Micahel Oher’s. The Blind Side contains two stories within its plot. One story begins with Michael Oher. The book explains the trials and tribulations of the young African American teenager. Micheal was from one of the worst neighborhoods in Memphis. He lived with anyone would would give him a place to stay for them night, The story follow his journey from being poor and then meeting the Tuohy family, who is a wealthy Memphis family who took him in and helped make his dream come true of playing the the National Football League. The book then goes into detail about the evolution of Micheal trying to play in the game of football. Lewis describes in the book how the left tackle position is one of the best positions on a football team, because the person maintain gin this role is responsible for protecting the quarterback 's “blind side” (“Blind”).

The Blind Side is a movie about a young black male name Michael Oher (Big Mike), who against all odds prevailed to become a starting defensive lineman for the Baltimore Ravens. Quinton Aaron the actor who portrayed the main character for the story line, recalls how he landed the part. As an African-American male actor in Hollywood, casting calls were almost none existing. As a result, Aaron had fallen on hard times and was on the verge of being homeless and broke. At the request of his dying mother, he auditioned for the role of Big Mike. A day before being evicted, he received a call from the casting director that would alter his life forever. Aaron’s role in the movie tells the story of Michael Oher growing up in the housing projects with a single mother addicted to crack, his brother, and an absent father. Big Mike (Oher) lived a typical life of a poverty-stricken black child in the projects. Even though he was surrounded by negative influences such as drug dealers, a poor educational systems, and violence, Big Mike was still determined to have a better life for himself. Like so many black children, he was smart but lacked proper parental guidance to support and influence him in a positive direction.

The film gives insight into both extremes of the social structure in Tennessee through the lives of both Michael and the Tuhoy family. Social reality is distorted in the film through Michael’s ability to overcome stereotypes and social interactions and then become a successful, educated athlete. The Tuhoy family brings Michael into their home as one of their own and forms many inseparable relationships that represent social interactionism. Viewing this film from a sociological lens really made me pay more attention to detail and the purpose behind many of the scenes. It was a lot different than how I would normally watch it. I was able to use a lot of terms and ideas from class lectures to help me look at this from a sociological viewpoint. The Blind Side greatly exemplifies many sociological struggles that society faces almost every

Close your eyes and breathe in once then again…. be prepared for a lesson it is quite a mess.

The movie The Blind Side came out in 2009, written and directed by John Lee Hancock. This movie is based off a true story that has a lot of great lessons with in its. There are quite a few famous people within the movie starting off with one of the main charters Sandra Bullock, and even the likes of Tim McGraw and Kathy Bates. The movie deals with several different issues including race and parental involvement to point out two. This movie has a great deal of football and family which is why it helped Sandra Bullock win so many awards including an Oscar for Best Performance by and Actress in a Leading Role, a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, and even as a whole movie in 2010 won the Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Drama.