The film, Precious, directed by Lee Daniels in 2009 displays the life story of an obese, illiterate and domestically abused 16 year old, Clarice “Precious” Jones. This is based on the book, Push by Sapphire. The film is set in 1980s Harlem where Precious and her mother survive through the receiving of welfare checks due to her mother’s prolonging unemployment. Anyone can make the assumption that Precious suffers from depression because of her mother’s constant unloving nature, and her father’s non-existent presence. The reason why is due to her father, Rodney, having two children with his daughter, Precious. The protagonist endures domestic violence, mental abuse and child neglectment from her mother who remains spiteful towards her only daughter.
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When coming back to her cold reality, Precious had to learn to deal with her real version of life, and it becomes easier due to the support from her teacher, Ms. Rain and her extraordinary group of friends. Precious was a victim of not only physical abuse, but sexual and mental as well. Her self-confidence had diminished throughout the years of verbal torture from her mother. Having to endure the daily life of poverty, and the meaningless insults her mother throws her way, it begins to take a toll on her body. She ends up using food as a coping mechanism in order to feel some type of dominance over something because she feels empowered inside her own home environment. When stealing a bucket of chicken from a local eating joint, I wondered if she was really hungry physically, or was she craving the need to get attention from anyone, or anything. Food seemed to be the only thing reliable, and consistent in her life that never turned its back on her. As well as using food to cope with her psychological issues, Precious has daydreams which depicts her as a skinny, white, and blonde haired teen. For example, when getting dressed, Precious uses the mirror to reflect her ideal …show more content…
We never get to see the point of view from Mary’s side, so I never understood why exactly she abused her daughter, intentionally made her overweight, and allowed her father to sexual abuse her. When Mary was telling the social worker her story, I couldn’t help but cry because I legitimately felt sorry for her. She had to make a choice between her man and her daughter. That choice is a hard one that an individual should not even fathom making. I allowed myself to empathize for Mary in some scenarios because she was a victim of abuse from not only her husband but from herself as well. The feeling of knowing that your significant other is more attracted to your own daughter than you can make any person turn dark. The darkness that surrounds Mary isn’t hate towards her daughter, but hate for husband and herself as well. She just did not have a way to project and cope with her mental issues very well. In a way, Mary felt alone and she used her daughter as an outside source to feel like she belonged and had a purpose in life, even if it meant inflicting pain onto her child. However, I don’t condone what Mary did to Precious, but that scene with the social worker gave me an insight of why she did what she did. It let me have a small glimpse into her internal thoughts and emotions that she felt ever since she gave birth to Precious. Although Precious
When coming back to her cold reality, Precious had to learn to deal with her real version of life, and it becomes easier due to the support from her teacher, Ms. Rain and her extraordinary group of friends. Precious was a victim of not only physical abuse, but sexual and mental as well. Her self-confidence had diminished throughout the years of verbal torture from her mother. Having to endure the daily life of poverty, and the meaningless insults her mother throws her way, it begins to take a toll on her body. She ends up using food as a coping mechanism in order to feel some type of dominance over something because she feels empowered inside her own home environment. When stealing a bucket of chicken from a local eating joint, I wondered if she was really hungry physically, or was she craving the need to get attention from anyone, or anything. Food seemed to be the only thing reliable, and consistent in her life that never turned its back on her. As well as using food to cope with her psychological issues, Precious has daydreams which depicts her as a skinny, white, and blonde haired teen. For example, when getting dressed, Precious uses the mirror to reflect her ideal …show more content…
We never get to see the point of view from Mary’s side, so I never understood why exactly she abused her daughter, intentionally made her overweight, and allowed her father to sexual abuse her. When Mary was telling the social worker her story, I couldn’t help but cry because I legitimately felt sorry for her. She had to make a choice between her man and her daughter. That choice is a hard one that an individual should not even fathom making. I allowed myself to empathize for Mary in some scenarios because she was a victim of abuse from not only her husband but from herself as well. The feeling of knowing that your significant other is more attracted to your own daughter than you can make any person turn dark. The darkness that surrounds Mary isn’t hate towards her daughter, but hate for husband and herself as well. She just did not have a way to project and cope with her mental issues very well. In a way, Mary felt alone and she used her daughter as an outside source to feel like she belonged and had a purpose in life, even if it meant inflicting pain onto her child. However, I don’t condone what Mary did to Precious, but that scene with the social worker gave me an insight of why she did what she did. It let me have a small glimpse into her internal thoughts and emotions that she felt ever since she gave birth to Precious. Although Precious