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The Blind Side Movie Vs. Reality One misconception that people have about Michael Oher because they watched the movie but did not read the book, is that Michael had no experience playing high school football before meeting the Tuohy family. There are many other misconceptions about Michael Oher that people don't know the truth about. The director altered some scenes in the film, so a lot of people don't know all of the facts. The Blind Side is a story about an African-American boy who was living in poverty and had drifted away from the school system until a woman named Leigh Anne Tuohy and her husband, Sean, took him in. The Tuohys eventually became Michael's legal guardians, transforming both his life and theirs. In the film and the book, The Blind Side, there were several similarities between the movie and what happened in reality; However, some of the events in the movie were inaccurate. ` In the movie The Blind Side, the director, John Lee Hancock, changed certain events which made …show more content…

For example, in the film and in real life, Michael Oher was drafted into the NFL in April 2009. The “catalog.cincinnatilibarary.com. Scholastic Action” says that “In the 2009 NFL Draft, Michael Oher was selected 23rd overall by the Baltimore Ravens. He started all 16 games for the Ravens and helped the team reach the playoffs in his first season with the team”(The Real Michael Oher). Another example of the movie being accurate to real life was when Michael Oher got a full ride scholarship to Ole Miss. Although he had a lot of choices from different schools to go play football, he chose the one his adopted family loved. “Biography.com” says that “He accepted a scholarship offer from the University of Mississippi after receiving offers from Tennessee, LSU, Alabama and NC State, among others” ( Biography.com editors). A lot of the scene were accurate like the examples I showed

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