Michael Lewis’s The Blind Side analyzes two separate storylines. The most important is a biography of a once underprivileged boy’s journey to the National Football League (NFL), while the other is the importance of a left tackle’s position on a football field which is to protect the quarterback’s blind side. Michael Oher, an incredibly large black high school student, lived in one of the poorest zip codes in the entire country. His father was not present in his life, and his mother was addicted to drugs. His unofficial guardian at the time enrolled him into a predominantly wealthy white Christian school in hopes of bettering his life. With Oher’s less-than-subsequent previous academic performances, the school’s administration was reluctant …show more content…
He was a monster of a boy who people assumed would be full of anger and hate. In reality, Michael Oher was the complete opposite. He was shy and full of forgiveness. He never dwelled on the past and learned to forget what was not important.
A rich white family—whose children attended the same Christian school as Oher—soon took interest in the six-foot-five, 350 pound black boy. Originally the Tuohy family only paid for his lunch and bought him a few new outfits to wear; but before they knew it, Michael Oher became their adopted son and a part of their family.
Michael Oher’s academic struggles continued but with slight improvements. Oher’s incredible athletic performances did not begin on the football field. Although he was a huge, beefy boy, Oher had no desire to hurt anyone on the field resulting in a lack of aggression that is needed to play the sport. He was first successful in track and field’s shot put, then continued his success by becoming a member of the basketball team. Oher learned to play the game by realizing that his job was to protect his quarterback, not by intentionally hurting the other team’s players. Soon Michael Oher’s natural abilities kicked in, and college scouts around the nation began to recognize his talents. Within a year, Michael Oher had signed with the University of Mississippi Rebels, following in the footsteps of his adopted