Sean Tuohy

Plot Summary for The Blind Side (2009) It was based on the true story of Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy who take in a homeless teenage African-American, Michael "Big Mike" Oher. Michael has no idea who his father is and his mother is a drug addict. Michael has had little formal education and few skills to help him learn. Leigh Anne soon takes charge however, as is her nature, ensuring that the young man has every opportunity to succeed. When he expresses an interest in football, she goes all out to help

know how to fit in as part of the white society that surrounds him. As a black man he experiences mistreatment and discrimination from his white community, which tends to be a common trend of the American mainstream. Lucky enough for Michael, the Tuohys take him in and he gets a second chance to pursue what he is passionate about, football. They accept Michael for who he is and what he wants to become. A reoccurring theme that is portrayed in The Blind Side is that no matter what race you are, through

and had little formal education. He grew up in the Memphis’s projects and his mother was a drug addict while his father was never in his life. Due to Oher’s family circumstances, he was in and out of foster homes. One day, Leigh Anne Tuohy and her husband Sean Tuohy decided to adopt Oher. The Tuohy’s provided Oher with a home, a tutor to improve his grades, and invested in his football career. Oher signed on with the University of Mississippi and later got drafted as an offensive lineman for the

unfortunate challenges with the help of the wealthy Tuohy family. The Tuohy family is a well-to-do family that lives on what is considered the “other side of the tracks” from where Michael Oher grew up. Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy take Michael under their wings and into their care and the story evolves from there. When you study the society Michael Oher was a part of prior to becoming a student at a private Christian school and before becoming a part of the Tuohy family you can see how human life is formed

Oher is then placed on the football team and becomes an all-star Football player with the love of the Tuohy’s supporting him. Directed by John Lee Hancock and feature Sandra Bullock (Leigh Ann Touhy), Quinton Aaron (Michael Oher) and Tim McGraw (Sean Tuohy), The Blind Side is a movie that encourages and motivates people that not all hope is lost. Michael is out of relevance when it comes to his family and his new school. He has been raised in a drug haven, ran down side of the city, and the Tuohy’s

school. This is where the Tuohys- a rich, white family- meets Michael and takes him in. The most dominant theme in the novel deals with overcoming adversity. The three key points that can be

he had with both of his parents, he grew up without having a healthy relationship with both his parents. A woman named Leigh Tuohy, and her husband Sean Tuohy take Michael into their own home. Leigh, after spending time with Michael starts to feel like a mother to him, and Michael feels the same way about her. After they both create a bond with Michael, both Leigh and Sean become legal guardians of Michael. With Michael growing up in poverty, and not having a positive relationship with his parents

because race played a big part of this movie. Leigh Anne Tuohy, got flak from her friends for helping Michael, because he was big black kid from a different a socioeconomic class, and they didn’t believe she should associate with him like that. When Michael first started his new school, with predominantly white kids, he is ignored or the kids run away. Racism is unfortunately the bad side of intercultural communication. Leigh Anne Tuohy went looking for Big Mike’s biological mother and interacted

Michael as uncomfortable and intimidated in his new, mostly white surroundings. One teacher describes him as “a fly in the milk.” Oher never says much, most of his expressions portrayed through mopey, facial gestures. Leigh Anne (Sandra Bullock) and Sean (Tim Mcgraw) first spot Michael in the school gym after one of Collins’s volleyball games, and on the drive home figure out that, even though he attends this

“Families don’t have to match. You don’t have to look like someone to love them.” This was said by one of Michael Oher’s legal guardians, Leigh Anne Tuohy. This feel good story of bringing in a troubled, homeless teenager and watching him prosper led to a book and a movie to be made about it. The book, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, was written by Michael Lewis and was produced in 2006. The movie, which was also entitled The Blind Side, was directed by John Lee Hancock and aired in November