The Blind Side

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Michael Lewis

Joe Theismann’s Injury

There aren’t many overt symbols in The Blind Side; however, one exception is the horrific injury that Joe Theismann sustains in a 1985 game with the New York Giants. During the game, Theismann, the…

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The Blind Side

The other obvious symbol in The Blind Side is, of course, the idea of the “blind side”: in other words, the field of vision that a quarterback can’t see when he’s throwing the ball, since…

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