The movie that I chose to use for this assignment is The Blind Side which is the true narrative of a story from a young man that comes from roots of poverty named Michael Oher. It tells the amazing story from how he comes from absolutely nothing and then turning himself into a successful NFL football player. The reason I chose this movie is because its an example of identity change and it shows how culture plays a large role in the trajectory of ones life. Michaels childhood was really rough, he comes from an household of pain and poverty and unwelcomeness. This played a large role in his happiness on the everyday level, and some of these events in his early childhood caused him depression, and made him feel left out of goodness. Then he had a woman by the name of Leigh Anne Tuohy come into his life and completely change it for the better, she shows him hope and brings him to a community where he can feel welcome and respected for who he is and his life started to change and never went back. The reason that this is so impactful is because it is showing how important culture plays a role in someones life. When he moved away from his old living arrangements he didn’t change who he was, he was still Michael Oher, the 6’5 315lb African American man in America. What around him changed, his culture, the people in his circle, and this is what matters that controls ones destiny. To compare this issue to people in our current day, people everyday struggle with harsh living arrangements and mistreatment and bad cultures at a young age and this usually puts them on a path to failure. If we can get more people living with a more just lifestyle, and positive culture we will see happiness and motivation more often in people.