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    Precious Movie Sociology

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    In Precious (2009), Precious suffers verbal, physical, and sexual abuse at the hands of her mother and father. Detaching herself from the violence, Precious builds a fantasy world rampant with fame, romance, and normalcy. Being abused at such a young age renders Precious powerless, therefore illustarting that she has limited control over the effects abuse has on her. Precious is constantly let down by adults and systems meant to protect her. Precious’s mother, Mary, constantly diminishes her…

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    Precious Movie Psychology

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    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…

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    Scelestus City is exactly how I remember it. From the ground, it looks like a completely war-destroyed city with no survivors and no hope for life. I know better. I know what really hides in those broken buildings and overgrown streets. Murderers and cutthroats. I can almost imagine the sound of fighting and death in the distance and the smell of crime on the wind. It’s a place of utter chaos and it’s exactly where my friends are. It’s strange being back and looking down on the city as it…

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    Summary: The House On Mango Street is about a young girl born into poverty- Esperanza Cordero- who has never had a real steady housing until she came to the house on Mango Street. Esperanza’s life since she moved to mango street has changed drastically, She’s embracing her new life little by little but also experiencing the hardships and the let downs as well. In this coming-of-age tale Esperanza deals with puberty on the up rise and sexual ‘situations’ which amazingly grows her up in a way.…

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    Who Is My Mentor

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    I personally never grew up with anybody being a mentor to me but as I grew older and met different people, I think I can count someone as my mentor. I met a older girl name Mariah Morris and she's twenty-two years old. I met her through my ex girlfriend which is her cousin, But Mariah was like a friend to me when I first met her, our birthdays are two days apart and we share the same sign so i knew we were going to be real close already. She's real skinny and wears glasses, she's has two…

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    In her novel Push, Sapphire uses multiple literary techniques to demonstrate how Precious creates a self-identity and a form of independence. As Precious learns to read, write, and create perceptions of her life and the world, she realizes that she is an individual that is unique and beautiful. Through Precious’s character, Sapphire reveals the emergence of a persons self-identity and newly discovered independence through a story of traumatic experiences. From the beginning of the novel,…

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    I always enjoyed singing. I sang along to the songs in Disney movies, to the radio in the car, or just at home in my room. I was in choir all year during seventh grade. We sang many songs that year, even one in an African language, but only one song had any solo tryouts. Mrs. Smith picked “Wide Awake” by Katy Perry for us to sing, so we could have at least one modern song. There were three solos in it, I tried out for the first one. The tryouts weren’t in front of the class, but I still had to…

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    In a month known for horror and costumes, you can count on Boo! A Madea Halloween to get you laughing this October. The movie stays true to the Madea movie series, providing humor through over the top character interactions, most stemming from Madea herself. This time, however, two famous Youtubers have joined the cast, making the movie even more enjoyable. The movie starts off by introducing Jonathan, the president of a fraternity that’ll be hosting a Halloween party at night, played by…

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    Push By Sapphire: Summary

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    Push by Sapphire is a book detailing the events of Claireece Precious Jones, known as Precious throughout the book. Her mother, Mary L Johnston, and father, Carl Kenwood Jones, abuse Precious physically, emotionally and sexually. The textbook our class is reading offered valuable definitions and further knowledge about the signs of abuse and the theories behind why people do what they do. Precious was a strong, independent child and woman who endured what no human should ever have to endure.…

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    Precious Movie Essay

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    The movie precious, is about a 16-year-old girl who is still in junior high named Clarice Precious Jones. Precious lives in Harlem and at first, seems like a normal teenager who wishes she was skinny, wealthy, and famous. Her school finds out she's pregnant with her second child and she's expelled and sent to an alternative school. Early on in the movie, it's clear that her mother is very abusive and her father is the father of both her children, essentially her rapist. The sad part is, that…

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