Blind Side Reflection

In the film The blind side by Michael Lewis we visually perceive the true story of Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy who help out a homeless boy by giving him shelter and love. The homeless boy is Michael Oher who faces a lot of judging throughout his entire journey. Oher is a seventeen-year-old African-American who knows very little about his father and has a mother who is a drug addict. Because of his dysfunctional family Michael has very little edification. The Tuohy’s later enrol Michael into a school and ensure that he has every opportunity to succeed. When the Tuohy’s discover Michael's interest in football they try their best to avail Michael ameliorate on his football skills by helping the coach figure out his best skills and how to best …show more content…
Because of his appearance (a large black boy) many teachers judged him on his abilities before he was assessed on any topic tests. Only after properly understanding Oher, a teacher understood that he could perform tests much better once they were taken verbally. “I don’t think he has any idea of what I’m teaching.” This was verbally expressed by one of Michael's teachers. This diegetic sound technique really helped me understand that before that one teacher had actually tried to understand Oher, the teachers in this school weren’t aware of Michael's abilities as they never bothered to carefully pay attention towards him, therefore no teacher ever mentally conceived of giving him extra time to help him improve his grades. From this I understand that the Michael Lewis has really tried to illustrate to us that by judging someone based on their appearance can genuinely have a negative impact on that individual's life. And I totally agree with the Director as I feel that Oher always struggled to get help with his education only because he knew that everyone had engendered a deplorable image of him, therefore he never asked for help only because he was being judged on his ability because of his appearance. Additionally because of these judgements he never really had the hope of ever doing well in school. Also because of these judgments Oher loses confidence and …show more content…
“He’s a large black boy sleeping under the same roof” This was said by one of Leigh's girlfriends while their having lunch together. This diegetic sound technique really helps me understand that just because of Michael's appearance others had made assumptions that Collins would not be safe with Michael and therefore he shouldn’t be living with them. From this I also understood that even though Michael was constantly being judged based on his appearance, he kept on trying to prove himself as a good person in front of others. This also helps me understand that the author is really trying to illustrate to us that Michael overcame many heart breaking situations so that he could finally prove himself to others so that he could fit perfectly into the new society without giving up even though he had to struggle to create a good image for people living in the Tuohy’s