Michael Oher
What is Michael's nickname? (that he does not like to be called)
Big Mike
What was Michael's mother's problem and one of the reasons Michael was removed from his hom?
She was an abuser of drugs (doing Crack)
Michael's brother is called SJ. SJ stands for ...?
Sean Junior
(The father name is Sean as well)
Who is helping Michael practice (besides his coach)?
Brother, SJ
Where does the film/the story take place?
Memphis, USA.
What does Michael tell Leigh Anne (adoptive mother) that he has never had before?
His own bed.
What happens to Michael's father?
He falls from a bridge onto the highway and dies.
What does Leigh Anne (and the family) buy Michael?
Clothes, a new car, furniture for his own room at their house.
(At least of the above has to be mentioned to get points.)
Which football team does Leigh Anne hate?
Tennesee.
When was the film made?
2009
Why does Michael want a driver's license, when he has no car?
He has no ID.
He wants something with his name on it (proof of his existence)
Who is Marcus, the boy who works at the restaurant where Michael and his adoptive family have dinner?
His brother whom he hadn't seen for many years.
The father is a businees man and owns a lot of these.
Fastfood chains.
Which school does Leigh Anne want Michael to play for?
Ole Miss (University of Mississippi)
What do you think is most important to Michael?
1)The material things his adoptive family buys him?
2)The feeling of love and belonging his adoptive family gives him?
3)Getting the scholarship to play college football?
Any answer explained with good arguments and accepted by the group will give you points.
In a test from the 8th grade, Michael scores very low in all categories, except from one category where he scores 98% correct. Which one?
Protective instinct
(Michael learned this in his childhood - felt he had to protect his mother)
Michael's mom tells Leigh Anne that Michael was called "a runner" by the staff working at the different foster homes where he was taken to. Why did they call him that?
Michael always ran away to look for his mom - to take care of her.
What is the reason that Leigh Anne finds Michael's mother?
She wants to be his legal guardin (wants to adopt him).
How does Leigh Anne tell Michael to think about his team, so he becomes better at American football?
Why is the film called "The Blind Side"
The blind side = the blind spot behind a quarterback when he is passing, and the offensive left tackle is the player assigned to protect the quarterback.
(Leigh Anne speaks to Michael about this when telling him to think of his team as his family and protect them from the opponent team.)
Michael have some flashbacks to his childhood sometimes. What do they show us?
The episode when he and his siblings were removed from his home by police officers when he was 7 years old.
Why did Michael's mom often tell him to close his eyes when he was little?
So he couldn't see the bad things going on arond him. For example the fact that she was doing drugs.
What does Leigh Anne answer her snobbish friends when they tell her she is changing Michael's life?
"No. He is changing mine."
What does Leigh Anne tell Michael in the end?
That he can choose the school and the team he wants, that she will support him and come to watch every match. She tells him "Your life. Your decision".
At least one of the above has to be mentioned to get any points.
Explain at least one thing about the film that has something to do with the American dream?
Michael Oher becoming a famous and international American football player after experiencing many problems in his childhood and youth (mother doing drugs, growing up in foster homes, being homeless etc.)
Working hard at school to get the grades he needs to get a scholarship to play college football.