Reaction to Review of Precious

Reaction to Review
I agree with the review by Patrick McCormick, she stated, "Black is beautiful. Black, obese, poor, functionally illiterate, abused, pregnant, despised, and drowning in an ocean of pain, 16-year-old Clarisse "Precious" Jones" (McCormick).  This is exactly what the movie portrays but at the the same time it portrays a lost teenage girl. This is basically Precious's definition of black, it is not the director's definition. The movie is showing another side of what can be hiding from people. It also show that sometimes, someone can be living in a world without knowing what is happening in that world, since everyone has their own interpretation. It also teaches people that everyone is not the same, at the end of the movie Precious realizes that her definition of black people is not totally correct after she met Ms. rain.
Another thing that catched my attention about the review is the fact that she said, "
In the process of truly seeing Precious, Ms. Rain, Mrs. Weiss, and Nurse John recognize and draw out a beauty and humanity forced into hiding by the world's mockery, her father's incest, and her mother's brutal reign of terror. It is a miracle evoked only by those brave and loving enough to look" (McCormick). It was a great thin that was done by the director on showing that these people gave Precious a new meaning of life. A new meaning of not judging people based on her parents' cruelty.

Citation

McCormick, Patrick. "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire." U.S. Catholic May 2010: 42.     General Reference Center Gold. Web. 25 Feb. 2011.

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Reaction to the movie (Precious)

Reaction to  Movie
I think the book is much more geraphic than the movie. One thing that the director did that i like was the fact that he never showed Precious's father's face. I did not get fact that there was not a lot of dolly shot. There was alot a lot of close ups, which gave the audiences a sensation of Precious's life. I think the movie was better because it gives people a sense of how Precious's life will be afterward. One thing i did not like about the movie was the end, the movie ended badly. It did not give people a clear view on how Precious's life is after she talked to her mother. It also did a poor job telling about the other characters which help understand Precious situation better. i think the director focused too much on Precious on the film. But overall i like the movie, at least it projected the theme of the movie which was furtive abuses in family. 

Push(126-177)

Summary
Precious learns that she is also HIV positive and also wishes that someone helped her when she was twelve. Rita takes Precious to a group counselling and her boyfriend also has HIV.  For the first Precious goes to downtown and experiences a whole world outside of their homes.  While she getgs with the group she realizes that she is not the only one that has problems. And no one can really avoid trouble, no matter how beautiful they are. Ms. Rain advises Precious to keep reading and writing. precious starts to write her own poem. each one of Precious's friend has a story that makes them to question their roles in the world. Precious also learns that her father started to sexually abuse her since she was a baby and her mother started abusing her as well because her father stopped giving her attention. Precious rejected her mother by refusing to go back to her. Rita's mother was shot by her father. Rhonda's mother kicked her out because she told her that her brother took advantages of her sexually. Jermaine's parents kicked her out when they dicovered that she was attracted to other females.
Quote
"But it is Mary-Mae's father who catches me one night to show me what a MAN is" (Sapphire 169).
Reaction
I think this is a bad way to castigate a girl for her sexuality. No one deserves to get abuse for any reasons. At the same time, people do not decides their sexuality. And also abusing a girl doesn't make a person a man. i felt bad for her and feels that society needs to accept people for who they are, not for who they want them to be.