IN THE BLIND SIDE, ONE OF THE MAJOR THEMES IS PROTECTION. AS AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN, IT IS OHERS DESIGNATED JOB TO PROTECT THE QUARTERBACK. LEIGH ANNE TOUHY STATES, "NOW, Y'ALL WOULD GUESS THAT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, THE HIGHEST PAID PLAYER ON AN NFL TEAM IS THE QUARTERBACK. AND YOU'D BE RIGHT. BUT WHAT YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW IS THAT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, THE SECOND HIGHEST PAID PLAYER IS, THANKS TO LAWRENCE TAYLOR, A LEFT TACKLE. BECAUSE, AS EVERY HOUSEWIFE KNOWS, THE FIRST CHECK YOU WRITE IS FOR THE MORTGAGE, BUT THE SECOND IS FOR THE INSURANCE" TOUHY IS RIGHT, WHILE THE LINEBACKERS JOB IS TO "KNOCK THEIR [QUARTERBACKS] HEADS OFF" (LEWIS), ITS OHERS JOB TO PROTECT THEM. SIMILARLY IN THE CATCHER IN THE RYE, HOLDEN FELT THAT HE WAS TO PROTECT OTHERS FROM FALLING. FOR EXAMPLE, SALINGER STATES, "... I HAVE TO COME OUT FROM SOMEWHERE AND CATCH THEM. THAT'S ALL I'D DO ALL DAY" (SALINGER 225). BOTH HAVE A PASSION AND A NEED TO HELP AND PROTECT OTHERS. HOLDEN WANTS TO CATCH OTHERS AND PROTECT THEM FROM THE CLIFF, WHILE OHERS JOB IS TO CATCH OTHERS AND PROTECT THEM FROM THE LINEBACKERS.