The blind side is a semi-biographical drama written by Michael Lewis, it is an inspirational real life story about a black 17 year old boy Michael born in the ghetto of Memphis in America. At the age of three, he was sent to various foster homes because he dint know who is father was and his mother was an alcoholic and a sex worker who did not have sufficient money to take care of her sixteen children. Michael ran away from his foster home because his foster mother wanted him out of the house because he was not her own child, he ended up living in a laundry store until Mrs Leigh Ann Tuohy a rich white woman saw Michael picking up left over food from the gym she then welcomed him into her home to spend the night, But that one night slowly extends itself both in terms of time and emotion as the Tuohys begin to treat Michael like one of the family. Ensuring that Michael had every opportunity to succeed. Clothing and feeding him. They even get Michael a new truck after he passed his driver’s test.
Leigh Ann’s two children Collins and SJ accept Michael into their home and treat him as one of their own sibling. Michael is accepted into Wingate Christian School – an exclusive private school. After Michael starts attending classes at Wingate, most of his teachers believe he is unteachable, except his science teacher, Mrs Boswell, who begins to understand that he learns in a different way, helps Michael study. His tutor miss Stu also helps him study and with their help Michel gets into college. Two instances in the book show that Michael is very protective about his new family, when Michael and SJ meet with an accident , Michael saves SJ life by putting his hand in front of the airbag in the truck and saving Sj from crashing into the airbag, this shows that Michael was a very protective older brother also when Michael returns to the ghetto to see his mother, few thug’s talk about Leigh Ann and her daughter Collins in a vulgar way, Michael then gets wild and gets into a physical fight with them.
The Term Paper on Working Mothers And Their Children
Working Mothers and their Children Raising a child is a lot of responsibility and it is also very time consuming. That is why the effects that working mothers have on their children has become such a heated debate recently. The major problem that is posed by various experts is that because mothers have to work, they do not have enough time to devote to their children and raise them properly. ...
These two instances show that Michael was very protective about his family even though they were not his own. Michael is now an American is a football offensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. This story teaches that there are always people less fortunate than you and you need to be more open minded about your surroundings n to not judge anyone because you don’t know their history, and if a person is not good at one thing they will always be good at another thing example Michael, he was not a very bright student but he is an amazing football player who might be big but on the inside he is a very shy, protective person.Thus,the moral of this story is do not judge a book by its over.
