Sean Wilentz

The Blind Side (2009) is a movie based on a true story about a teenager, Michael Oher, who defied the odds by finding his way out of the Projects in Tennessee and ending up playing in the National Football League (NFL), thanks to a little help from a big-hearted woman named Leigh Anne Tuohy and her family. To begin, it is necessary to understand the theory of symbolic interactionism. This theory argues that there is no such thing as a set society; there are only people. It also claims that we are

In the movie “The blind side” the main point is to make a difference for Michael. Leigh Anne Touhy saw Michael on the street, and since that time, Michaels life changed a lot. It shows a few good examples of how to make someone’s life better just by including the person more. Michaels life has changed a lot since the Tuohy family started to take care. For Michael, it all started from living on the street with a plastic bag with one t-shirt, and then to live in a big house with a bedroom, a lot of

In the city of Philadelphia, the popular rapper who goes by the name “Meek Mills” is featured in the song Tupac Back whom Rick Ross, his label mate and owner of Maybach Music. In this song, Meek Mills wrote “Tupac back, I’m two glock’s strapped (carrying two guns), rolling down in Philly this the new Iraq. The violence here in the city is so rampant, so dramatic, that he is comparing gun violence and murder within the city to the war that was happening in Iraq. Is this safe for the younger citizens

“The Blind Side”, written and directed by John Lee Hancock, is about football star Michael Oher. Michael overcomes many obstacles throughout his life, including overcoming poverty with a drug addicted mother. Through the support of many people in his life, Michael can develop the skills needed to complete high school and move on to college. While Michael has always been a creator, he learns through school how to create inner motivation, emotional intelligence, and rely on a strong support system

The movie, “The Blind Side,” is based on the true story of Michael Oher, an underprivileged African-American teenage male that turned into a National Football League Superstar. In this movie, he faced socioeconomic, racial, and inner struggles, but eventually overcame them. I chose this movie, because I felt it displayed a multitude of positive and negative examples of interpersonal communication. “The Blind Side” had many interpersonal communication concepts that we learned about throughout this

The award-winning film, The Blind Side tells the inspirational true story of Michael Oher. Michael Oher, once a homeless teenager with little education, became a highly successful football player at the University of Mississippi with the help of the Tuohy family. The Tuohy family graciously accepted Michael into their home and were dedicated to giving Michael the life that he deserved. The highly acclaimed film was directed by John Lee Hancock in 2009 and features Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock, and

sepia tone which is very warm and compliments the warmth on the face and character of Sean Connery. The art direction also settled for easily readable typography. Photography captured the softness in the physical characteristics of Connery and Brown and transforms it as visual cue for the audience to lead them towards feeling the unexpected emotional bond that these two men will share in the story. Acting As one of Sean Connery's dramatic movies that earned many positive remarks from critics, Finding

Since its conception, Hip-Hop culture has always been popular among young people. Now businesses are beginning to use Hip-Hop cultures popularity among the young people to increase the sales of their products. By advertising fashion, films and other miscellaneous types of products businesses use the hip hop culture to appeal to a target audience. Since the late 1970s, Hip-Hop fashion has changed significantly over the years. As the future approaches it has become a prominent part of the fashion

Film Analysis Psychology 280 Social-Psychological Analysis of the Blind Side 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

Why is it that some people have more self-efficacy then others? Shouldn’t all people be driven to achieve to the same extent? What can kids learn from self-efficacy? Self-efficacy by definition is “the ability to produce a desired or intended result” (laptop dictionary). Through the years there have been many successful men and women, most of these people have been driven by something, whether it be the “oh you aren’t ever going to be an astronaut” or “you will never make it as a professional athlete”