Why Do We Love The Tuohys?

After fulfilling his basic needs, Michael also achieved the safety needs where he had a sense of protection with his newly adopted family and environment that were surrounding him. According to Norwood (2009), living in a safe place and having protection from other is very important for human beings. In home, Anne treated Michael Oher as her own child where she always gives him support such as bought him some new cloths to encourage him to start a new life; she also brought Michael a trunk when he wishes for it. Besides than his adoptive mother, Sean Junior also plays an important role in the changes of Michael’s life. Because of the adoption, both of the boys had become buddies in a matter of seconds. After Michael joined the American football team in school, Sean Junior had became Michael’s personal trainer to brush up Michael’s techniques and physical abilities in football. Collins, daughter of Leign Anne also showed acceptance towards Michael when she ignores her friend’s impression towards Michael and chosen to accompanied Michael when she saw him study alone in the library.

Even though The Blindside’s saddens, it still uplifts the audience with the story of Michael Oher. At the start, Michael is an underprivileged foster child, who was forced to move from house to house, yet Michael becomes lucky. Enrolled in the Christian academy, Michael manages to get accepted for the sole reason of playing football and receives and opportunity to better himself. His acceptance to the private school shows that anything is possible, and sets Michael up on a path of self improvement. Towards the middle, Michael begins playing football for the school, and living in a new home. The Tuohy family allows Michael to live with them along with luxuries unknown to Michael . Michael’s progress goes to show how much the Tuohy’s have done for him, and were willing to do for him, and as a result, Michael made it to college. Ending the movie, Michael accepts his college of choice even though his decision comes with static. Wholeheartedly, Michael chooses Tennessee as his college despite the Tuohy’s disliking Tennessee, yet the

Michael had many people that supported him. Those people include the Tuohy’s, who took in Michael and gave him food, a tutor, a home, and helped guide him in life. “I can’t talk enough about the time and work Miss Sue put into helping me. She is retired now, but she deserves to be in the hall of fame” (Oher 159). Michael also says, “When my name was called on draft day, I couldn’t imagine that life could get any better---especially since I was surrounded

The main story is about Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), he is a really poor black teenager whose life is going no where until his life takes a massive turn for the better because of the wealthy Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) offers for him to come spend the night with the Tuohy family and he accepts, he is amazed by the wealth this family has and the size and pristine condition of their house. The Tuohy family is extremely helpful to michael and treats him as one of their own. the Tuohy family is comprised of Sean Tuohy(Tim McGraw), S.J Tuohy (Jae Head) and Collins Tuohy (Lily Collins).

In The Blind Side, Michael was raised in the projects of Memphis, Tennessee. One evening after a basketball game Leigh Anne Touhy notices Michael walking down the road, shivering in the cold. After having her husband stop the car to speak to him, she had learned Michael had planned to sleep at the school gym after everyone else had left. Leigh Anne offered Michael a warm place to sleep at her and her family’s home. This moment between these two was Michael’s first real feeling of family. This sparked the relationship that would give him a reason to keep living and gave him something to live for. Leigh Anne continued to include Michael in family gatherings which only enhanced the motherly feeling Michael got from her.

Individuals were terrified of Michael, for example the young ladies in the recreation center fled from the swings after saw Michael. Michael constantly expected that no one could make companions with him. Michael's football mentor at Wingate, a non-government funded school, saw football potential in Michael and got him yielded into the prestigious school. In any case, he had learning ineptitudes and still did not have an unending home. Leigh Anne Tuohy, the mother of a Wingate understudy, Collins, and wife of the proprietor of a couple Taco Bell restaurants, gets a few answers concerning Michael's issue and invites him to complete what has been begun at their home. At the point when Michael is in the Tuohy's home, a comfortable relationship was made amidst him and the

The main character Micheal Oher’s, who is introduced to us through his rough life growing up. Micheal never knew his father and his mother was a drug addict. HIs mother gave birth to a total of fifteen children, who of course due to her drug addiction raised themselves basically. Michael spent his teenage years running away from a string of foster homes and situations. Michael got tired of foster care

At the beginning of Michael’s football career he was unable to figure out what he actually needed to do on the field. It wasn’t until Leigh Anne explained to him: “This team is your family, you protect them.” This genuinely hit a chord with Michael. He is now able to not only have a new family at home but one on the field as well. His protective instincts step in and through dedication and his journey at overcoming prejudice, Michael becomes a successful and appreciated football star.

What I noticed from Leigh Anne was her compassion. When she was introduced to Michael, the Tuohys was going back home from a volleyball game. She saw Michael walking towards the gym and asked where was he going. Then, they drove off. Shortly after, Leigh Anne told Sean to turn around and go back and to Michael, and that is when she took him in. Another instance of compassion is when Leigh Anne went to talk with Michael’s birth mother. Leigh Anne sought Michael’s mother to tell her that

In the film The Blindside, it was evident that Michael Oher was able to fit into the Tuohy family. This could be explained through the theory of structural functionalism. I believe Michael constantly ran away from his foster homes because he felt out of place and wasn’t able to establish a role in his foster families. When he was at the Tuohy residence, he seemed quite distant – as if he felt like a burden towards the rest of the family. However, the Tuohy`s were constantly making Michael feel part of the family and

He has his own driver’s license, which indicates a big change in his teenage life having the ability to drive. Mr. and Mrs. Tuohy have signed the official documents that state them as Michael’s legal guardian. He then gets his own room, bed, and home, which he never had in his life before. He even got a new car, which made him feel not only happy, but also part of a something he never had: a family.

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 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

The film tells a modern day fairytale; a privileged Christian family helps lead a mislead teenager to a successful education and football career. An unsuspecting teen is in distress, though highly smart, talented, and ambitious; the boy has no place warm to rest his head or enjoy his meals. A mom, Ms. Tuohy takes notice of Michael walking in the streets during a down pour and welcomes him with open arms into her home. Michael then progresses before their very eyes. He lives and breathes football and is finally given the foundation he needs to excel in his sport of