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The Blind Side (2006) (edit title/settings)

Evolution of a Game

by Michael Lewis (Author) (edit contributors)

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By the author of the bestselling Moneyball : in football, as in life, the value we place on people changes with the rules of the games they play. The young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story will one day be among the most highly paid athletes in the National Football... read more

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The book The Blind Side by Michael Lewis is a heartwarming and emotional book. If you don't believe people or your parents when they say you can anything you want if u work hard and but your mind to it, then i think you should read this book. This book also lets people know that you should... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

The book The Blind Side by Michael Lewis is a heartwarming and emotional book. If you don't believe people or your parents when they say you can anything you want if u work hard and but your mind to it, then i think you should read this book. This book also lets people know that you should take nothing for granted and be great full for what you have.
In this book a kid named Michael Oher grew up on the streets by himself. His father wasn't in his life and his mother was a drug addict. Michael was extremely big, he was 6 feet 5 inches and roughly 325 pounds. Michael hardly went to school, and when he did, he refused to do work. Until he got accepted into Braircrest christian school. Braircrest school was in Memphis where Michael was from. One day Michael was walking around town when the Tuohys family saw him, and took him in. Michael stayed with them for a ling time, then they decided to adopted him.
Michael worked extremely hard to get his grades up so he could play football, and he did. After one great year on the football field, Michael received tons of offers. In order for Michael to play college football he had to bring his GPA up to a 2.6, and it was at a .6 Sure enough Michael did, and accepted an offer to the university of Miss. From there he was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the 2009 draft.
This book implies that anything is possible if you work hard and put your mind to it.

Characters/People edit see section history

  • Michael Oher: Large, uneducated homeless kid who transitions from a life of poverty in one of America's poorest neighborhoods to being in position to gain a college education and a career in football through his size and skill, along with the help of a very generous family.
  • Sean Tuohy: Wealthy Memphis man who has children in the private school system Michael attends. Tuohy helps Michael adjust to playing organized basketball and football, and eventually takes him into his home to live as part of his family.
  • Leigh Anne Tuohy: Sean Tuohy's wife. Wealthy, former college cheerleader who takes on the role of Michael's mother in the Tuohy household. She takes great interest in Michael's past and largely provides for his transition into the Tuohy family.
  • Sean Tuohy, Jr.: Micheal's younger "brother." Sean is the youngest member of the Tuohy family and Michael quickly becomes very close to him. SeanJr. likes to be called SJ.
  • Collins Tuohy: Michael's "sister." She is is the same age as Michael, and is the captain of the cheerleading squad at their high school.
  • Miss Sue: Michael's tutor. She helps him pull his grade up and works with him for 5 hours every night. She made it possible for him to get into college.
  • Bill Walsh: Former head coach of the Stanford Cardinal and San Francisco 49ers. One of the most innovative minds in football history, Walsh developed a timing based passing offense that greatly increased the role of throwing the ball, thus increasing the value of the quarterback and those who protect him.
  • Lawrence Taylor: Former linebacker for the New York Giants. Drafted by defensive guru Bill Parcells, Taylor was the answer to Walsh's highly efficient passing offense. Taylor used his prototypical combination of size and speed to beat smaller, slower offensive tackles and disrupt the timing of the offense. Taylor's presence increased the value of having an elite left tackle to protect the quarterback's blindside.
  • Hugh Freeze: The football coach at Briarcrest School. Soon after Michael applied at Ole Miss, he applied for a coaching job at Ole Miss.
  • Steve Wallace: Add a description of this character.
  • Micheal Oher: The main character of a poor, black, unintelligent, 400lb, high school kid who wants nothing more than to find a home that he can belong to. He soon makes football a part of his life, and is taken care of by the Tuohy family who helps him get to college as well.
  • Leigh Anne Tuohy: The mother of the Tuohy family who is sweet but very protective. She was the one who found Micheal and treated him as one of her own.
  • Big Mike: Nickname for Michael Oher
  • SeanTuohy Jr.: The youngest of the Tuohy family who brings out Mike's fun side and open up to the family.
  • Craig: Michael Oher's best friend.
  • Tom Lemming: Man who writes a book on the best NFL drafts.
  • Nick Saban: Onew of the coaches pursuing Michael to play college football
  • Michael Oher: Protagonist, aspiring football player
  • John Ayers
  • Michael Jerome Williams: Father of Michael Oher, legal name of Michael Oher
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “We were wondering if you would like to become part of this family”
    Sean Tuohy
  • “You should really get to know your players. Michael scored in the 98th percentile in protective instincts.”
    Leigh Anne Touhy
  • “You threaten my son, you threaten me”
    Leigh Anne Touhy
  • “I have nerver had one before. What, a room to your self? A bed.”
    Leigh Anne Touhy and Michael Oher
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  • And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in His good works. —II CORINTHIANS 9:8
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  • “God gives people money to see how you’re going to handle it,”
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  • CHAPTER FIVE DEATH OF A LINEMAN CHAPTER SIX INVENTING MICHAEL
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  • “Michael’s gift,” Sean said, “is that the Good Lord gave him the ability to forget. He’s mad at no one and doesn’t really care what happened. His story might be sad, but he’s not sad.”
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  • “What I learned playing basketball at Ole Miss,” he said, “was what not to do: beat up a kid. It’s easy to beat up a kid. The hard thing is to build him up.”
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  • The performance of Walsh’s quarterbacks suggested a radical thought: that in the most effective passing attack in the NFL, and on one of the most successful teams in the history of pro football, the quarterbacks were fungible.
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  • ectomorphism. Fourteen 300-pound men lumbering down a narrow hallway was a sight worth seeing.
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  • sangfroid in the presence of an injured quarterback. The destruction of Joe Theismann may have been classified an accident,
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  • bivouacked some nights here and there in East Memphis, several of them on the Tuohys’ sofa.
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

The USA, mid-2000's

Organizations edit see section history

  • NCAA: National Collegiate Athletics Association: governing body of college football
  • NFL: National Football League
  • Baltimore Ravens: NFL team that drafted Michael Oher
  • San Francisco 49ers: NFL team; while coaching the 49ers, Bill Walsh developed the West Coast Offense that put a premium on passing, thus a premium on passing quarterbacks and a premium on offensive tackles to protect those QBs

First Sentence edit see section history

From the snap of the ball to the snap of the first bone is closer to four seconds than to five.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Chapter One BACK STORY
Chapter Two THE MARKET FOR FOOTBALL PLAYERS
Chapter Three CROSSING THE LINE
Chapter Four THE BLANK STATE
Chapter Five DEATH OF A LINEMAN
Chapter Six INVENTING MICHAEL
Chapter Seven THE PASTA COACH
Chapter Eight CHARACTER COURSES
Chapter Nine BIRTH OF A STAR
Chapter Ten THE EGG BOWL
Chapter Eleven FREAK OF NURTURE
Chapter Twelve AND MOSES STUTTERED

Author's Note

Glossary edit see section history

  • grandiose: affectedly grand or important
  • Anecdotal: pertaining to, resembling, or containing anecdotes
  • Rarefied: Exalted in nature or character
  • Turnstile: A mechanical gate or barrier with metal arms that are turned to admit one person at a time, usually in one direction only

Series & Lists edit see section history

This book is in 2011-2012 Iowa High School Battle of the Books. (authoritative list)
This book is in 2010-2011 Iowa High School Book Award. (authoritative list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Michael Lewis (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 9780393061239
Page Count: 299

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: GV939 .O44 L49 2006
  • Dewey: 796.332092

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

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Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Total Football II: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League (Total Football)
  • Coach

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