Complex Characters

       Complex characters that develop over a course of text  help develop the plot in the book The Blind Side by showing how someone can change when they become comfortable with people they have gotten used to. In this book when Michael Oher first arrived he would not talk to anyone and he wouldn't share his feelings at all. Then, as the book progresses on you see him start to open up. First, her would just talk to Leigh Anne, then it moved to the whole Tuohy family, and finally towards the end of the book Michael became comfortable talking to large groups of people at press conferences or interviews when he was getting ready to commit to a school.
    

       This developed the plot because most of the time Leigh Anne and the reader both found out about Michael's past by him occasionally talking about his childhood. If his character didn't do this then you wouldn't be able to see how a lot of his character traits and personality had to the with the fact that he had a troubled childhood, therefor the reader would not have been able to have such a deep connection with Michael Oher's character. This also helped develop the plot because some of the opportunities Michael had were because of his ability to contact and talk to some university coaches. As you saw in one of the very first chapters Lemmings was ready to rule Michael out because of his odd interview and poor social skills. With Lemming's research and history with other players, that was usually one of the signs that something might go wrong with the players ability to play at such a high level of sports and still manage the stresses of college on top of that. But, when the Tuohys went back to him and explained Michael's situation Lemmings gave Michael another interview and named him one of the nations to prospects.

The Blind Side Article
This article is giving a short review of The Blind Side and then it gives an excerpt from the book. It also has a section on where Michael Oher is today and what his is doing with his career.