Michael Oher's The Blind Side

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In the film. The Blind Side. Michael has to overcome many challenges to achieve his goal of playing NFL football. Discuss the obstacles he faced throughout his life to fulfil his dream. How does he overcome these? The Blind Side, a film released in November 20, 2009, produced by Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson. Demonstrates what Michael Oher has to overcome in order to achieve his goal of playing American football at a national level Michael is a homeless boy who has run away from many foster parents to find his crack addicted mother. He is enrolled in a Christian school because of his sporting promise. One cold night after school Michael is spotted in a pair of shorts and a t.shirt by Leigh Anne Tuohy, the wife of Sean Tuohy; a teacher at his school. He is then asked where he is going and tells them the gym, because it is warm there. He is invited to get in the car and they take him to their place. He spends his first night of many at the Tuohy’s house. Through enduring the shame of homelessness and the difficulty of adolescence without a family to call his own, Michael eventually triumphs the obstacles he finds while reaching for his dream and is successful. Through enduring the shame of homelessness and the difficulty of adolescence without a family to call his own, …show more content…

Being only 15 Michael Oher experience a tough life from being in a house with 12 siblings not having his own bed, Taken away from his drug addicted mother, being in and out of different group homes and foster homes,and then being homeless having to provide for himself. Now Michael has played for 3 NFL teams ,the Baltimore Ravens,Tennessee Titans, and the Carolina Panthers. The Blind Side movie portrayed Michael Oher’s life very well, it shows the struggles he faced in his adolescence years and how the Tuohy’s impacted and changed his life for the

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