Sociological Analysis Of The Blind Side

On top of that the movie had Sandra Bullock for the role, given that she is such a well-known actress the director hand to take advantage and use her to reel audiences in. In relation, there are some small differences when it comes to Oher’s schooling including the name of the school he attended. In the book he attends, Briarcest Christian High School, while in the movie he attends, Wingate Christian High School. Other than that both the book and the movie had showed that Oher needed oral quizzes and test accommodations, but the movie did not show that he had to do much more work than just that to get his grades up to play football, including online classes. This was also true when the movie portrays that Oher got his grades up simply by …show more content…
The functionalist would argue that the concept of the book and movie proves how great sport is for our society. It’s the best type of story, rags to riches, everyone loves a rags to riches story. The Blind Side is the ultimate rags to riches story, given he basically came from absolutely nothing and made it out. It shows how one can change their social class through sport if they work hard enough. The book and movie shows how sports play a major role in society when it comes to race and class, so functionalist really love these displays of functionalism at its finest. This is completely different for critical race theorist, in that they believe the book and movie just proves how black people are viewed. They may say that the book and movie makes it seem as though African Americans cannot make good decisions and they are defined by their bad decisions and the only way to make it in life is for some white family to come through and save the day and get them out of their bad situation. They may argue that this almost displays slavery, in that a white family taking a black boy that they can exploit for personal gain. Critical race theorist see the movie as a way to show how African Americans are stereotyped in our society. It shows how the media portrays African Americans as mainly poor and in need of handouts. Every time the movie showed an African American besides Oher, he was a gangster of some sort and looked frightening. It also shows the view that African American women are unfit as parents and that is the reason that African American kids grow up and end up the way they do. The hegemonic theorist would agree with the critical race theorist because they think negatively on this book and movie. They believe similar to the critical race theorist, that this movie shows that in order to move up in class one needs some