![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In one incident, he snaps after being taunted by an opponent throughout the game. Lewis relates several very funny episodes as Oher learns the sport. Oher has barely played the sport – he dreamed of being a basketball pro, refusing to accept that he was too heavy. This is no easy task, according to Lewis. They also encourage his progress as an American football player. Meanwhile, the coaches are amazed that the 6’4 teenager, who weighs more than 20 stone, can move so fast.Īnother chance encounter leads to his adoption by a rich white family, who help Oher to develop his social skills, force him to study and buy him the first bed he has ever had. By chance, he ends up at Briarcrest Christian School where for the first time people take an interest in his education. Schools have often given him passing grades just to get rid of him. Michael Oher is 16 when we meet him, the barely literate child of a drug-addicted mother. Lewis’s insight into NFL strategy is fantastic but equally fascinating is the examination of the class and race divide in America. The Blind Side traces the development of the left tackle position over 30 years and, alongside that, tells the story of Michael Oher, a boy from the Memphis ghetto whose life may just be transformed by his physique, which is perfect for playing left tackle. Listed: Pro Football Journal Top 100, #88 ![]()
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