Blind spot

In Chapter 4 of Outlier’s "The Trouble with Geniuses, Part 2," starts out about the story of growth in Chris Langan. It about Chris Langan and how came up from poverty and a troubled childhood: with his biological father disappearing at a young age and how he took his last name from his biological mother's abusive and thoughtless fourth husband. After how Langan grew up during hard times, Langan eventually attended Reed College on a full scholarship. However, in which he lost the…

The book “The Blind Side” has many types and themes and characters. In this story, hopefully both of these things will be explained through and throughout. Also, the themes and characters make the the story happen. Without the themes and the characters this story would just be a single piece of blank paper. Themes, are what the entire book is based around, and what the Author wants you to comprehend from the book. The characters, help the theme be brought out, and express the theme of the book.…

Rags to Riches: “The Blind Side” Coming from nothing to achieving greatness is a huge accomplishment; however, rising to a national sports star from living homeless in the projects of Memphis, Tennessee is quite another. Micheal Lewis; the author of the true story about Michael Oher shows how the main character faced many struggles throughout his life, including leaving his drug addicted mother behind to scavenge his way from place to place; yet, his message of positivity and his drive and…

Your surroundings don't define who you are. In The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace written by Jeff Hobbs, Robert Peace grows up in Newark; a community that increasingly declines in safety and rises in poverty and drug dealing. However despite his surroundings Robert shows remarkable signs of intelligence in which his mother sacrifices ⅓ of her salary to be able to feed his thirst for education by sending Rob to private school. However, Peace’s father becomes wrongfully imprisoned for the…

The Blind Side shows the readers multiple times throughout the story that, life has its ups and down, but you always have to stay positive. The Blind Side is a football story about Michael Oher. His life was challenging, but extremely successful. Throughout his life, he was homeless and wandered the streets at night until the Tuohys adopted him into their luxurious home. Now, Michael is a part of their family of four. He's an all star football player for his school, and eventually gets recruited…

In the two books I read this summer there are two unique protagonists. The first is Wade Watts from Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. The second is Michael from I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond By Michael Oher. These protagonists face different challenges and circumstances. Nevertheless, we can identify some commonalities between them. The positive qualities of these two protagonists are their perseverance and loyalty. The negative qualities include their…

Application Paper: The Blindside The Blindside is based on a true story about an African American, Michael Oher. Michael is from a broken home in the projects of Memphis, Tennessee. Michael suffers many trials throughout his life and ends of up being taken in by Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy. While Michael is transforming by the Tuohy family, the Tuohy family is changed by young Michael Oher. This is an eye-opening and powerful film. Introduction Michael Oher is an African American who had a…

How are film techniques used to explore the themes in The Blind Side? The Blind Side, is an inspiring movie directed by John Lee Hancock. With the combination of film techniques and themes, the director explores what is important in life. Lighting and camera shots are both used to show that success can be achieved, despite disadvantages caused by the past. The addition of flashbacks is used to explore the theme of importance of family and costume is used to effectively show that stereotyping…

. . I've never done homework in my life. I go to the bathroom, look in the mirror, and say, 'This is not Mike Oher. I want to get out of this place.' “ – Michael Oher This was written by Michael Oher in his senior high school year. The Book “The Blind Side” is about Michael Oher’s incredible and emotional story to success and was written by Michael Lewis. The book shows a part of a football player’s past and also mentions a lot of details about the sport itself and describes the story out of…

Michael Oher agonized that, “The ending of my story is unique, but the beginning of my story is, sadly, far too common.” The book I read was I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness to The Blind Side and Beyond by Michael Oher and Don Yaeger. This book talks about the struggles he went through from when he was little and some facts about the foster system. Statistics show that only one-third of all children eligible to be adopted in the foster care system will end up with parents or permanent legal…