6/10/2023 0 Comments Push precious bookThe assumption makes her hate being black, but it also forces her to hate white people. She thinks it means being white and clean. Precious has an extremely difficult time defining herself because all of her formative years have been defined by abuse. Coping with her life helps Precious figure out who she is. The school helps her cope with the abuse. The Higher Education Alternative/Each One Teach One school is exactly what Precious needs. Claireece Jones decides to call herself Precious when she is young because she believes the meaning of the word, Precious, will make her father stop sexually abusing her. Precious desperately wants to get out of her situation, but the only thing she knows how to do is fantasize about being somewhere else. She frequently zones out because she has to fantasize about other things to keep from going crazy. At school she is made fun of for being fat or stupid. Her mother ignores the abuse and also sexually abuses Precious. She has two babies by her father, who starts sexually abusing her when she is three. Precious is a sweet, sixteen year old girl who lives in an ugly, cruel world.
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