He is baffled at how it makes some people teary.īut he also obviously takes pride in the effect telling his story has had on others. Oher is genuinely awed by the impact of his story. What Oher describes is a strange, disorienting experience for a man already living the typically surreal existence of a professional football player. Where “Odds” succeeds most is in going beyond what we have seen - overglossed as it may have been - and into an assessment of life after your life story is put on the big screen. This book also moves along at a brisker pace than your average NFL game. That said, the sports biography genre is not one particularly well-known for its literary pizazz. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. One chapter begins with a stretched reference to the Rev. In telling his side of “The Blind Side,” Oher’s prose is not always as purple as his No.
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