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Michael Oher's The Blind Side

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People do not understand how big of an impact they can have on someone’s life. Just by complimenting someone that can revision the way they think, act, or feel. Occasionally people help other people out by giving them a ride or giving them food. Also, people can help others change in the way their lives are. For example, if someone is having a hard time finding a place to stay and you offer them to stay at your house you just made their day. Just like in the book the “The Blind Side”, where a lady named Leigh Ann helps out Michael by giving him a place to stay, food, and give him opportunities to play sports.

The character Michael Oher starts off in the beginning as a person who does not have much. He grew up in a cramped place with his mom and ton of siblings who he could not even remember …show more content…

He just could not even handle the school setting. Michael did not know how to read, how to write, what his real names was or when his birthday was. As a result of being addicted to drugs and in rehab, and no one knew where his father was, Michael would stay with anyone who would let him stay the night there. One day, his friend that he stayed was being taken by his parent to see if he could get into a private Christian school so he decided to take Michael as well. The school board would not accept Micheal because of how horrible his grades were. All of them were saying this except one man. Sean Tuohy. Sean was a coach at this private school. Sean saw potential in Michael in athletics and in the school setting. The school board finally allowed Michael to come to school there. However, since he had awful grades, he was not allowed to play sports till he improved them. One day, Michael went to a volleyball game to try to find leftover popcorn in the stands to eat and Sean’s wife, Leigh Anne, saw him walking outside after the game, in the cold, in a worn out t-shirt and shorts. Leigh Anne offered Michael to stay at her house. After a while, Michael became part of the

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