Movie Precious Essay

The movie I decided to watch is called "Precious", the motivation behind why I did so is a result of the trailer. It pulled in me in a way that I had some way or another compassion towards the primary character who is Claireece Precious Jones called Precious.the film's story is about Precious herself, a character who has a perpetually hopeless life. She is an overweight high school young lady, who lives with her mother in the Harlem. Precious had both psychical and sexual mistreat from her father

Precious is a movie that was produced based off a book. The movie was a story about a 16-year-old girl Claireece “Precious” Jones who was abused by her family emotionally, physically, mentally, and sexually. (Magness, Siegel-Magness, & Daniels, 2009) Taking at a look at this from a social worker perspective one can look at how to address the situation and how one work with a potential client like Precious. The film addresses many issues that a client may come across including the micro, mezzo, and

people in the whole world that’s suppose to protect you? “Precious” was directed by Lee Daniels under Lionsgate Studio Production. This film was released on November 6, 2009. “Precious,” which is a drama and based off of a novel called “Push” that was written by Sapphire is a fantastic film that show’s an bona fide way to transmute into a inspirational ending. This drama has three main characters Mary, Ms. Rain, and Precious. Mary is Precious mother. Mary is a fat African American lady that wears wigs

It was interesting to look back at the movie “Precious” in order to relate Erikson, Jung, and Freud’s theories to both Precious and her mother Mary. Being able to identify the defense mechanisms, stages of development, anxiety, and persona gave me more insight as to why Precious and Mary act the way they do. In addition, exploring the role of nature versus nurture in their development helped to explain why Mary and Precious made certain life decisions. Carl Jung’s theory stated that “an introverted

physically abusive household without the support a stable adult. Precious grew up in the ghetto of Harlem, New York city with her unemployed Mother. Her Mother was envious of Precious because her husband favored his own daughter over his wife. In short, her mother's insecurities allowed her to be impregnated not once but twice with her husband. While she was a mother she was also a target into bullying for her weight. During all the abuse Precious felt a loss of control in her daily life. To put her mind

others choose to stay silent. In the film “Precious” directed by Lee Daniel, the psychological horror of the life of the main character “Precious” Jones confront the many dilemmas that her mother has given her. Precious, a 16-year-old teenager, has seen the world when she had her first child. Ever since that first child was born her mother, Mary, suppresses and neglects the thought of her daughter Precious due to some horrific circumstances. Precious and Mary lived in Harlem, NYC with her unemployed

Precious’ most basic needs of food, air, and sleep are met although not always daily and she has not successfully met any other needs of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. As a result of constant sexual, physical, and emotional abuse since early childhood Precious has failed to development psychologically and emotionally as well as academically. Using Erickson’s theory of development Precious could have completed stages one and two; at stage three is where she appears to be lacking and therefore has regressed

The movie is about the titular character Precious going through the struggles in her life. She was overweight, failing in school, and was pregnant with her second child. The movie focuses on how Precious overcome her obstacles in order to improve her circumstances, and her biggest obstacle in her life is her abusive mother Mary Jones. Mary embodies the image of a matriarch in that she was overly aggressive, too assertive, and overall bad mother. Mary was the main antagonist of the movie due to

is based on a fictional character from the movie Precious. Precious is a 16-year-old African American girl. Precious is living in Harlem in an unbearable condition as she was physically, verbally and emotionally abused by her mother. Precious is a sexual abuse survival as she had two children by her own father. Her first child had Down syndrome. She had been told all her life that she is stupid and worthless and she is not excelling at school. Precious is overweight, and dealing with eating disorder

The movie Precious, is based off of the novel Push by Sapphire. In this movie, there is a 16 year old girl named Precious. She is pregnant with her second child from her father, still in junior high, and is morbidly obese. Not only that, but is continuously abused by her mother and father; verbally, mentally, and physically.     Throughout the movie, you can see that she has a red scarf either around her neck or around her arm. I believe this represents hope. The hope that Precious has for her own