Michael Oher, who was a homeless boy, was taken away from his mother at the age of 5 due to her frequent drug addiction. He had been sleeping at his father's friend’s house for most of his life. One day his father's friend went into a large catholic school in Memphis to talk to the head coach of the football team. Coach Cotton and Michael’s friend were trying to get him into the school for not only football but for a good education as well. Michael’s grades were very low and did not have much knowledge of things, but coach cotton didn't give up on trying to get Michael into the school. One night Michael was walking out in the rain on the side of the road. Leigh Anne Tuohy noticed Michael and pulled over. Michael explained he had nowhere to
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At first Michael was a very anti-social boy. He didn't talk much or socialize with many of the kids in his school because moving from a poor side of downtown Memphis to a wealthy part of Tennessee was a very big change as well as him being the only colored kid in his school. As the story goes on he becomes more social with his peers and also the Tuohys, they welcome Michael into their family out of the blue. When the family sat down for Thanksgiving dinner they all joined hands and said grace. I felt as though during that part of the book is when Michael felt very connected with the Thuoys and developed a norm. I can connect to when it was time for the Touhys to tell Michael they were legally adopting him, he said, “I thought I was already part of the family”. The family helped Michael out a lot to get him towards his goal of playing college football at Ole Miss, which could be considered a culture knowing the fact that all of the Tuohy family graduated from Ole Miss.
In Conclusion, I would recommend this book to someone who is taking the sociology class. This book reflects to the topic of socialization and how society has changed. I really truly thought this story was heartbreaking in the beginning; just seeing him be separated from his mother at such a young age must have been a lot for him. As he explained he said he really did not remember much of what happened when he was separated from his mother. His quotes were, “my mama
At first Michael was a very anti-social boy. He didn't talk much or socialize with many of the kids in his school because moving from a poor side of downtown Memphis to a wealthy part of Tennessee was a very big change as well as him being the only colored kid in his school. As the story goes on he becomes more social with his peers and also the Tuohys, they welcome Michael into their family out of the blue. When the family sat down for Thanksgiving dinner they all joined hands and said grace. I felt as though during that part of the book is when Michael felt very connected with the Thuoys and developed a norm. I can connect to when it was time for the Touhys to tell Michael they were legally adopting him, he said, “I thought I was already part of the family”. The family helped Michael out a lot to get him towards his goal of playing college football at Ole Miss, which could be considered a culture knowing the fact that all of the Tuohy family graduated from Ole Miss.
In Conclusion, I would recommend this book to someone who is taking the sociology class. This book reflects to the topic of socialization and how society has changed. I really truly thought this story was heartbreaking in the beginning; just seeing him be separated from his mother at such a young age must have been a lot for him. As he explained he said he really did not remember much of what happened when he was separated from his mother. His quotes were, “my mama