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The Blind Side

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In the film The Blind Side that was directed by John Lee Hancock, November 20, 2009, the theme is never to judge a book by it’s cover, you never know what someone is going through when you are judging them. The setting of the film takes place in Memphis, Tennessee, While Micheal Oher is still attending a Christian high school, and is basically living homeless on the streets, The Touhy family invites Micheal to stay the night however without knowing a single thing about him, and not judging him upon his races or size. The family knew that they would be judge for having a colored person in the family and would loose friends upon their decision. Three examples of never to judge a book by it’s cover is when the Touhy family takes a stranger in named Micheal Oher. When the Touhy family did not give up on his learning and athletic skills when everyone else in his life always had judged him from the …show more content…

When Micheal first attended the Christian School, when the teachers met Michael they started to judge him since he is African American and his size even before they had give him a quiz or test, even still when he took the assignment he didn’t do so well, one of Michaels teachers noticed that if the teacher gave the test verbally he gets a decent grade. And that maybe they should put in a lot more effort to help him in class instead of judging him upon his appearance. Therefore when he joined the football team Mike had no athletic and physical activity experience it was all new for him, also when the coach first seen him he was judging his size but knew he would be good on the team just needed a push since this was the first he played. The Touhy’s made sure they they put in effort to help him become the best from getting Micheal a Tutor and giving him help and tips on

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