If The Blind Side by Michael Lewis was a movie (which it is), it would be essential to keep Michael's personality transformation in the story. It must contain the scene where Leigh Anne gives Michael his first bed, which helps us understand the situation that he came from. The scene where Michael takes an unnecessarily large amount of food from Taco Bell is vital because it shows how he was always on the hunt for food, and not knowing where his next meal would come from. In the book, there is a moment where Michael's biology teacher realizes that he knows the material, he just needs to take the test differently. This moment is crucial to capture because it is a turning point for the teachers' mindsets. They used to think Michael was completely incapable of earning good grades. However, when Michael takes the biology test with the teacher's help, the teachers realize that he can take tests and earn average grades on them.
There are some points in the book that are unnecessary. For an example, the random chapters that are solely about football that are not related to the plot at all are not relevant and could be taken out in the movie. A scene that could be omitted is the intense amount of driving and proving who Michael is to get his license. It could have been said much faster in just simply stating that he got his license.
