Precious Movie Analysis
1. In the movie, Precious deals with at least 10 different issues. Identify at least 5 and discuss in detail. What is the issue, how does it play out in her life, how does it impact her, etc. (15 pts.).
1. She has a multitudes of issues. She was abused from the age of 3 by her father and her mother letting it happen. This appears to be when her mom started to resent her because the father wanted her more than the mother. The sexual abuse of her father caused her to have 2 children. The oldest has downs syndrome. When her father left, her mother started sexual abusing her. She was later in the movie diagnosed HIV positive, after learning the father had died from AIDS.
2. Poverty and hunger was an issue for her too. She would steal food …show more content…
Precious was in denial for a lot of the movie about the abuse she was experiencing at home. She would pretend everything was fine when the caseworker would come to the house. At first she was in denial about being raped by her father. An example of this is when the principal asked her how she got pregnant, she answer “I had sex.”
2. When Precious was in crises after her mother beat her when she brought home the new baby. She left the house with the baby and ended up in the school with the baby. She had no cloth, diapers or anything else for the baby. This is when Blu got her removed from the home and into the halfway house.
3. I think she had PTSD because when her mom knocked her out by hitting her in the head, she had flash back to her father abusing her.
4. In the movie there are many examples of the Stage of Change, one example is:
Pre-contemplation
In the school Each One, Teach One they first tested Precious to see where she was at in her education.
Precious was in denial about her learning abilities because when she was taking to the principal she said she did good in school, she had good grades.
Contemplation
When Blu had Precious try to read a book, Precious admitted that the words all looked alike.
Preparation
When the students went to the museum, Precious stated she wanted her children to read and
1. She has a multitudes of issues. She was abused from the age of 3 by her father and her mother letting it happen. This appears to be when her mom started to resent her because the father wanted her more than the mother. The sexual abuse of her father caused her to have 2 children. The oldest has downs syndrome. When her father left, her mother started sexual abusing her. She was later in the movie diagnosed HIV positive, after learning the father had died from AIDS.
2. Poverty and hunger was an issue for her too. She would steal food …show more content…
Precious was in denial for a lot of the movie about the abuse she was experiencing at home. She would pretend everything was fine when the caseworker would come to the house. At first she was in denial about being raped by her father. An example of this is when the principal asked her how she got pregnant, she answer “I had sex.”
2. When Precious was in crises after her mother beat her when she brought home the new baby. She left the house with the baby and ended up in the school with the baby. She had no cloth, diapers or anything else for the baby. This is when Blu got her removed from the home and into the halfway house.
3. I think she had PTSD because when her mom knocked her out by hitting her in the head, she had flash back to her father abusing her.
4. In the movie there are many examples of the Stage of Change, one example is:
Pre-contemplation
In the school Each One, Teach One they first tested Precious to see where she was at in her education.
Precious was in denial about her learning abilities because when she was taking to the principal she said she did good in school, she had good grades.
Contemplation
When Blu had Precious try to read a book, Precious admitted that the words all looked alike.
Preparation
When the students went to the museum, Precious stated she wanted her children to read and