I finished The Blind Side by Michael Lewis. The ending was even more interesting then the middle because Michael started to look into colleges and the Collins both went to Ole Miss and they are trying to guilt him into going to Ole Miss kind of but that don't realize how much they are doing that until after he decides he's going there. Michael goes and talks to someone about it because they caught on the what the family was doing to him and how they weren't letting Michael make the decision so they talked to Michael about it and he got really upset when they convinced him that's what the Collins were doing and he left for a while to find his mother. When he couldn't find her Leigh Anne found him again and apologized and he got to go to school where he really wanted to in the end.

       I thought the book was amazing and really explained things to great detail and I as a reader got the full affect. I could probably read this book over and still enjoy it the same amount because it's that interesting. The author does a really good job of finding ways to speak out to the readers.

       I think Michael Lewis wrote this book to teach the readers how important it is to stay true to yourself and I think that's part of the theme and not allowing others to take over what you believe.

       Michael Oher really showed how strong he was at the end of the book by figuring out that he needs to follow what he believes and not listen to the Collins just because they took him in when he was lost and bought him things and helped him. He helped me understand the theme really well and I'm glad the author made it that way because that's how readers tend to understand it the best.

      "Michael's gift is that the Good Lord gave him the ability to forget. He's mad at no one and doesn't really care what happened. His story might be sad, but he is not sad." This quote is amazing. It really explains the theme of the book and Michael himself. This really caught my eye and makes me think about not holding on the whats in the past and looking at the future and others aren't controlling that of mine. I am.