The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game is a book by Michael Lewis released on September 2, 2006 by W. W. Norton & Company. Readers can't help but root for Oher, who is now 21, and a University of Mississippi player, but The Blind Side's rags-to-riches story is just as thought-provoking as it is heartwarming.ollowing the bestselling Moneyball and Liar's Poker, Michael Lewis tells the true story of Michael Oher, a student at the University of Mississippi, who is tapped as one of the future stars of American football. The Blind Side is a book about a homeless teenager who gets adopted by a married couple who sees him on the side of the road and gives him a ride and a place to stay.
His articles about politics are fundamentally about understanding people and places. I give this book three stars because of something new and interesting dab-its on Micheal Oher, but it really wasn't my thing. The Blind Side is a good heart felt movie. Do you not like football? Didn't at least one of the six hundred guys think about giving up, and joining with the other side? Interest in the surge of importance of a single football position I maybe could point out on the field, but probably not? The reason i picked up the book was because i liked the movie.Whenever i see movies based on books and i like it i tend to read the book next. He is now playing for the Panthers this year at the SUPER BOWL 50. While he is with them he grows fond of them he starts to attend a fancy mainly white Americans go there he only has a couple pairs of clothes. Michael Lewis is a gifted reporter and I plan to read more of his books.Football fans and those who want a better understanding/appreciation of footballLewis writes two stories here. Comment Report abuse. If you die trying for something important, then you have both honor and courage, and that's pretty good. Even the weakest chapters in this book were compelling and infinitely readable. Far from being a self-made man, Oher's efforts are spearheaded and directed with precision by a cohort of white adults. The other is mildly intriguing and probably not as a big a story as it seems.This book has quite a few different stories going on:This book has quite a few different stories going on:9/25/09 - As a book club read, this was different. Fun and enjoyable read. Did I raise you in the wrong way?" The book is mostly about Michael Oher, a homeless black teenager who was adopted by a white family in Memphis who then went on to be a successful football player. The first edition of the novel was published in 2006, and was written by Michael Lewis.
For someone who doesn't necessarily con9/25/09 - As a book club read, this was different. Interest in the surge of importance of a single football position I maybe could point out on the field, but probably not? His adoptive parents, his coaches and his tutors are determined to see Oher realise his potential, but also to realise their vicarious dreams of status in the particular white culture of the American South, where the only thing possibly as important as evangelical Christianity is sport.Far from a book that is solely for sports fans, however, The Blind Side is an incisive, exciting study of a society where class remains primarily predicated on race and social mobility is limited to those with particular forms of talent. And maybe even pray that the people telling you what to do have some, too.” When he was a teenager, he began living with Big Tony (the point at which The Blind Side begins). You can have courage based on a dumb idea or mistake, but you're not supposed to question adults, or your coach or your teacher, because they make the rules. The readers immediately feel bad for these characters and want to find out what happens to them. There are also a few dense chapters devoted to recent changes in professional football and how the player who guards the blind side of a quarterback now has greateI read this after seeing the movie version and was amazed that many of the precious details I assumed had been invented by Hollywood writers were real and actually happened. He takes up football and school after a rich, white, Evangelical family plucks him from the streets. This started as a solid and clear 5 stars.
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