Notes On The Precious Jones

Her story begins way before her birth and in a cycle of abuse beginning with her maternal grandmother Joan Warren and being raped. An unfortunate event that can abruptly change someone’s life especially if it results in a pregnancy with a child you do not want and have no other choice but to bring into the world. One can imagine the relationship between Joan and Cyntoia’s mother Georgina. The lack of guidance and affection would lead Georgina to a life of drinking. Georgina eventually dropped out of high school got pregnant, drank even more during her pregnancy and took up crack cocaine. The effects of alcohol alone are drastic on a child, add some cocaine to the mix and it’s a recipe for disaster. Georgina realizing that she would not be able to give her the proper upbringing begins Cyntoia’s misfortunates. For two years she went from house to house. With no type of stability, no type of security, no type of emotional connections or relationship Cyntoia developed disorders that affected her relations as she got older. This is reflected by the relationships Cyntoia would get involved with while growing up, and her distrust of adults and authority. If from birth, Cyntoia were placed in a stable home, with individuals whom were concerned with her growth and development and received the proper help for any generic disorder, she wouldn’t be serving life in prison for defending her

The move Precious (based on the novel “Push” written by Sapphire), depicts the life of a 16 year old girl named Claireece “Precious” Jones. The story is set in Harlem, NY in 1987. Precious has suffered severe abuse throughout her life by both of her parents. She has seemed to have slipped through the cracks of the system from family, the school system, child services, as well as the community as a whole. Her only saving grace is her strong will and her ability to disassociate herself and seek comfort in her own imaginary world.

One level to address when watching the film Precious is the Micro issues that Precious faces in the movie. The movie does not directly describe all of Precious’s immediate family members but one can see

Precious, a movie based on the book Push written by Sapphire, is an interesting movie directed by Lee Daniels. Precious can be easily analyzed using basic motivation and emotion theories in psychology. The movie is about Claireece "Precious" Jones and how she becomes a strong, independent woman after breaking through her curse of physical and sexual abuse which she has endured since she was three months old. At the beginning, Precious is physically and verbally abused by her mother. In addition, Precious was raped by her father multiple times and impregnated twice. After being kicked out of her school because she was pregnant, Precious willingly joins the Each One Teach One alternative school so she can improve her reading and writing

The 2009 film directed by Lee Daniels, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, tells a story about the life of a 16-year-old, Claireece “Precious” Jones, who grew up in Harlem during the late 1980s. Precious lives a life that includes many sociological issues that have unarguably caused her great pain throughout her young life. Having endured poverty, sexual abuse, and verbal abuse her life has been far from perfect, but she realizes the need to defeat these negative sociological factors to achieve a life that seems to her as only a fantasy. Daniels effectively portrays the source of Precious’s problems, as well as the way in which she deals with them; thus, achieving his goal in allowing the audience to see the effects of negative

Throughout the movie Precious, there are several times when the audience witnesses trauma and its effect on Precious’ life. These traumatizing events include sexual abuse, verbal abuse, physical abuse, and emotional abuse. When people go through these events, their mind will find ways to cope with their situation. These coping mechanisms are depersonalization, derealization, detachment, and dissociation.

This character was chosen to be the narrator of this story. Along with her other two friends, she tells her compelling story about her life and the reason why she left Haiti to come to live in New York. She has triumphed over the

Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American female from Harlem New York. She has some developmental delays, she suffers from obesity. Precious has two

Going through all this shame and embarrassment, the feelings of torment and ridicule begin to change her. She does not realize until later that she is becoming a better person due to all that is happening to

This abusive of Precious has been going on since she was three-years-old. With Precious becoming pregnant for the 2nd time, her principal suggested to her that she change to an alternative school called, “Earn One Teach One.” And this change of school, was a change for the better for Precious.

There are many small details in the film which the director intentionally hid, can show more details about the story. There is a scene in which shows Precious’ father raping her. Meanwhile her mother just stands there and does nothing, hinting that she is unhappy and disillusioned with her husband’s tendencies. This later serves a big evidence for us to understand Precious’ abuse in the hands of Mary as well as better understanding of the film’s conclusion. There are some mild racist jokes and cliché like Precious stealing chickens and she vomits after eating them, which shows her binge-eating habits. But there is one small detail that interested me the most is her firstborn child’s name, Mongo. After I found out, the name “Mongo” stands for “Mongoloid”, which means a child who has Down syndrome. As it turns out, the child actress

The film Precious directed by Lee Daniels is a solemn movie dealing with the unfortunate truths of everyday life for some individuals. The film staring Gabourey Sidibe who plays the main character Clarice “Precious” Jones along with co-stars Mariah Carey and Leni Kravitz is based in the Ghetto of Harlem in the year of 1987. Precious is a sixteen year-old illiterate morbidly obese teenager whom has grown up in the Ghetto of Harlem in a dysfunctional family. Her mother Mary verbally and physically abuses her and uses her as her personal servant while her father Carl also abuses her and has impregnated her twice. Early in the movie it is stated that Precious’s first child is named “Mongo” short for Mongoloid and suffers from

At the point when Precious is getting assaulted, for example, she envisions herself at a film premiere. When her mother is mercilessly constraining her to indulge,

her life around to fit in with the crowd . She is soon exposed to drugs, sex and violence. It

3. Being abandoned at birth and sent to an orphanage did not give Nikki the love and nurture she needed when she was a baby. As she grew older, she associated love with material things and money. In addition, every time she felt, sad, lonely,