Tourette Syndrome Character Analysis

They had to bench Michael till they got his birth certificate, but since he is from Cuba it would be hard to get it. Especially since his dad had died a few months ago and his mom died a long time ago before they came to America. Throughout the middle of the book he tried everything he could to get it. This guy who works for the child services got curious about him and his seventeen. Michael has been telling everyone that his dad was in Florida taking care of his sick uncle. The guy wanted to talk to dad to see if he was real. Luckily, Michael had his best friend relative to pretend that he was his

One of the many scenes that evokes emotion from the audience is also one of the opening scenes where the Tuohy family meets Michael. They see him beforehand scanning the high school gym after a volleyball game searching for leftover food. Eventually, coming back from their son S.J.’s play, they see him on the side of the road on a cold, rainy night. Leigh Anne tells her husband Sean to pull over so she can ask Michael where he is going. Michael responds that he is going to the gym, but Leigh Anne catches on to the lie and recognizes that the gym is closed at night.

3 hours later...they had arrived at the anonymous place that the government had put them in.conveniently all the other cells were full so chantell,alissa,and sommer all got to share a cell. They were all freaking out and missing their parents and siblings.after they had all calmed down they decided to talk about things that make them happy so they could stay calm. they swore that every time they were freaking out they would think happy thoughts.

This trigger Michael to go back to his neighbouring friends but ended into a fight after the leader of the group gave crude remarks about Leigh Anne and her family. Leigh Anne went to look out for him after he run away but unsuccessful in her search. They got reunited when Michael called Leigh Anne to meet up with him to talk and this conversation went on to a decision that she would support him whatever decision he makes. Michael also satisfied the investigator with his decision of choosing University of Mississippi for the reason that it is where his family went to school. The film ends with an emotional goodbye between Michael and Leigh Anne as they took him to University of Mississippi for his college.

Michael Vey a 14 year old lives in Idaho with his mother and has a special power the ability to contact shock and surge. Michael loves to play video games, hates homework and gets bullied at school.Michael's mother wants him to keep his power secret and has with the exception of telling his best friend Ostin Liss.Three bullies, Mitchell, Wade, and Jack attack Michael the same three that caused Michael to be in detention just a few days earlier. Being angry because, of being in detention when they attack him again he accidentally shocks them. Taylor Ridley a cheerleader who has similar powers saw them attack Michael. Taylor is adopted and starts researching her history with Ostin's help. They soon discover that her and Michael were born at

Michael then runs back towards the castle and sees the battle, then KillSims come and everyone runs away. Michael is attacked by them and then realizes on a deeper level than ever before that this isn’t real. He then destroys the coding and starts to have a headache and ask Kaine if he could make it stop. He wakes up to find himself in a new place and as a new person. He then read his messages and there was a message from Kaine. It said that he was a Tangent and has taken over a human’s body who was not worthy of it.. He also says that the headaches will stop and that Michael is the next step forward in evolution. Agent Weber tells him that his friends are real and their meeting was real. He now has to live as the human whose body he

Taylor: Taylor is Michael’s girlfriend and has an interesting power. She can restart people’s minds so that they don’t know what they were doing.

Forrest, my younger brother, was officially diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome when he was fourteen. He was always a little bit different from the rest of our large family; he had endless energy and was constantly making strange faces. Growing up, I noticed him blinking, raising his eyebrows, or moving his jaw. It was not until he hit adolescence that his vocal and motor tics rose to the surface and became increasingly noticeable to his peers. He would make random high pitch yelps, or say one word repeatedly. It was at that time he started to lose friends, was picked on, and laughed at behind his back. Eventually, Forrest realized for himself that he was different, and it began to affect his happy demeanor and diminish his confidence.

He is black. He was a Homeless teen. He is living in Tennessee. He was moved from one foster home to another. Because of his big size, he gets into a Christian and started playing football. While he was walking on a cold night, Leigh Anne Tuohy and her family drove past him. The kids in the car are classmates of Michael’s, so Leigh Anne offers Michael to stay the night at her house. Leigh Anne takes pity on him and gives him a room to stay. Michael is a quiet, shy teen. He likes interacting with the kids and is protective at times. Seeing this as a strength, Leigh Anne tells Michael to play football and teaches him that this is what he is good at. Michael gets better at football, and to play at a more advanced level, he needs higher grades. He hired a tutor and moves his expectations further along. Leigh Anne and her family stood by Michael as he was wooed by top universities. He chooses the Touhy’s alma matter. His decision is investigated since officers think the Tuohy’s and the school wants to make money off his recruitment. As he is relentlessly interrogated, Michael comes out of his shell to defend his new family. He later becomes a successful offensive player for Baltimore Ravens, still strongly supported by Touhy’s

Symbolic interaction is a theory that explains social behavior by how people interact with each other through symbols. Symbolic interaction comes from people having social interactions with each other. While many people may be in a situation it is what each person defines that situation as that’s important. In The Blind Side the symbolic interaction between the Tuohys and Michael occurs quite often.

After that horrible accident Michael still wanted to stay at the residential school. Karen has a major setback were she believes that Michael does not need her anymore, his needs Terry. Karen feels as she should have known her child was hurting, and that she put him off on the state. She begins to cut all communication off with Terry and Michael. Terry explains how important it is for her in Karen to work together for Michael.

Michael's life was changed dramatically after he moved in with Leigh Ann and her family. She gave him a bedroom and changed his thoughts. An example of that is when Michael play football and Leigh Ann came to him and said “protect your teammates like you protect your family. When Leigh Ann saw that Michael's grades were too low to play football at Ole Miss, she gave him

However, everything changed for him when his roommate was killed by a drunk driver on a highway one night, leaving him with nothing but the grief of losing a friend, the loneliness of a foreign city with no one to turn to, and the sudden inability to afford his apartment. Unable to find a new roommate or afford to travel back home, Michael was forced out onto the streets.

The next day Leigh Anne Tuohy wakes up and realizes that Michael is nowhere to be found and also did not take any of their belongings with him. She runs out of the house and catches him walking out of the driveway. At that moment she demands Michael to come back and asks him would he like to stay for Thanksgiving dinner. Michael continues to stay with the family and even pulls his grades up enough to play football for the school. After giving Michael the unconditional love of a family, the Tuohys ask Michael would he like for them to become his legal guardians. Will Michael find a home with the Tuohys or will he return back to the secluded and neglectful life that he once lived?

However, his life came to a twist when he was taken home by Leigh Anne Tuohy. She was a mother of two children namely Collins Tuohy and SJ Tuohy, who were both studying in the same school as Michael. Because of this kind-hearted family, Michael’s life changed completely. Leigh Anne and