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Sociological Analysis Of The Blind Side

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Looking at Sean Jr. from The Blind Side Introduction In this paper, I will be looking at the movie The Blind Side and analyzing the character of Sean Jr., known in the movie also as S.J. I will be looking at S.J.’s development in Sigmund Freud’s latency period and Erik Erikson’s stage of Industry vs. Inferiority. I will discuss the traditional and alternate paradigms that relate to this character in the movie and the risk and protective factors that affect him. At the end of the paper, I will discuss why looking at a person in all of these different aspects is important in the work of a generalist social worker. The Theorists In our class discussion and PowerPoint, we learned that Sigmund Freud believes that a child goes through five different …show more content…

“The alternative paradigms we explore evaluate a persons’ worth and importance according to standards of the inherent worth and dignity of all humans, and especially they recognize the benefits of human diversity” (Schriver, 2015, p. 45). We see this example in S.J because he looks at Michael in an alternate way; he does not make any racial or socioeconomic prejudices regarding Michael. He sees Michael only from the perspective of a person who is looking for friendship and companionship. He does not judge Michael on his race or size, but rather on the fact that he sees Michael trying to reach out and make friends. S.J. treats Michael the same way that he would any other kid even though S.J. is being brought up in a white high-class neighborhood. Eventually everyone in the school, including the teachers, are able to see Michael in the same way that S.J. saw him when they were on the …show more content…

had the protection of a good family, safe neighborhood, and good school. He felt secure enough in the world around him that he thus became a protective factor for the older and bigger Michael. In the movie, S. J. takes out all the spices from the spice rack and sets them out on the table to go over football plays with Michael to help him become a better player. When Michael gets better and makes an amazing play in the football game, S.J. records this and sends the DVD out to college scouts to see (Hancock, 2009). Michael, on the other hand, is also a protective factor for S.J. He sees S.J. like a little brother and want to be able to take care of him too. When Michael takes S.J. in his new truck to go get a new video game that he wants. Michael and S.J. are busy singing along with the music and Michael does not see a landscaping truck backing up out of a driveway. Michael hits the truck and causes an accident. S.J. is hurt and the paramedic tells S.J’s mom, Leigh Anne that they are surprised that his injuries are very minor considering that the deployment of the airbag on a child his size would normally have snapped his neck. It isn’t till later on when Leigh Anne sees that Michael’s arm is injured with a burn mark on it that she finds out the Michael put his arm out to protect S.J. from the airbag (Hancock, 2009). S.J. is lucky to have so many protective factors in his

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