1. The overall communication climate between the main characters can be described as one of love and
acceptance. Evidence of this can be found in the timestamp 21:34 of the movie, where Mrs.Tuohy offered
Michael a drive to stay at her family’s home for the night because he had no place to stay, it was raining
and the gym was closed. A mother’s love for her child is deep, warm, safe, all-embracing and allaccepting that calms the places inside a child’s heart that feels scared and lonely. Mrs.Tuohy couldn't
bare to see Michael Oher out in the rain alone, cold and have nowhere to go, so like a loving, caring and
protective mother, she took him in as her own regardless of his skin color or race and only a mother can
understand the kind of unconditional love that she showed Big Mike. She was very gentle with him, never
showing any signs of racism and hostility towards him but treating him like a mother would treat her
biological child.
2. Mrs.Touhy and Michael are both characters of the movie which gives a confirming message to the
audience. Examples of these message can be broken down into 3 categories, they are:
Recognition: This is demonstrated in the majority of the parts in the film where the two characters are
conversing and make eye contact with one another. Mrs. Tuohy recognizes Micheal as a source of
inspiration for her because he is changing her life for the best and she realizes this in timestamp 48:14
when she says “He’s changing mine”.
Acknowledgement: We see this message being unfold in the conversation between Mrs. Tuohy and her
friends by listening to what they had to say about her adopting Micheal and becoming the legal parent for
him and even though she received a fair number of uncomfortable remarks from her friends and
uncomfortable looks from outsiders, she didn't let any of it stop her from showing Michael her
unconditional love. She made it obvious to her friends that while she didn't require their approval of her
decisions, she did require their respect: “Look. Here’s the deal. I don’t need y’all to approve of my
choices. But I do ask that you respect them. You have no idea what this boy has been through.”
Endorsement: “Families don’t have to match. You don’t have to look like someone else to love
them.”~Leigh Anne Tuohy. When Mrs. Tuohy adopted Micheal into her family; she knew that love was
more significant than Michael’s skin color or race. The family saw beyond Micheal’s skin color and took
him in as their own loving and caring for him as well as approving of him and supporting him in his
dreams as a footballer.
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