The movie Precious based on the novel Push by Sapphire about a 16 year old girl named Claireece “Precious” Jones who was raised in an abusive household with her mother and her mother’s boyfriend‚ where she deals with verbal‚ physical and sexual abuse from both her mother‚ and father who lives in a different home. Precious has one child with Down’s Syndrome‚ but her mother doesn’t let the baby stay in the house with them so she lives with her grandmother and the only time Precious gets to see the
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suffering of a girl‚ Claireece Precious Jones‚ who experienced sexual harassment‚ committed twice by her own father‚ having as a result two children by him. Considering the cruelty of the act itself‚ which is also reflected in the language the novel has‚ Precious never became a criminal or committed suicide instead she learned how to cope with every hard situation she went through. The question is how did this young girl went through all this bad situations? Precious had people that had interest to
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through all of the trouble. At first As I was reading I thought that the mother would of have the courage to stop the father from abusing precious‚ I mean its his own daughter‚ who would do such a sick thing. I was wrong; because the mother didn’t even do anything about it instead she as well abused her physically and mentally. 2. The ways that the main character precious is strong is the fact that she went through all the abused in her life all the drama and she still stood high with her head up. She
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Sugar Shane Mosley‚ anabolic steroids have become the basis for enhancing athletic performances. In the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA)‚ it is apparent that steroids have been illegally utilized by numerous fighters. Whether it allowed them to have a better performance in the cage or increase the recovery period in between fights‚ the legalization of steroids in MMA will uplift the quality of the sport for the fans and athletes. Mixed martial artists achieve greater fitness from the aid of anabolic
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(“Dallas-Based Fight Company Enters the Cage”). According to an editorial in Market Wire‚ Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)‚ commonly recognized as cage fighting‚ is the fastest growing “Sports Entertainment business in the world” (“Dallas-Based Fight Company Enters the Cage”). However with the recent success of the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship)‚ the world’s largest and most highly recognizable MMA organization‚ a past dilemma has reemerged once again. Opponents of mixed martial arts deem the combat
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The Rules Of Mixed Martial Arts By Raul Blancaneaux The rules for modern mixed martial arts competitions have changed significantly since the early days of vale tudo‚ Japanese shoot wrestling‚ and UFC 1‚ and even more from the historic style of pankration. As the knowledge of fighting techniques spread among fighters and spectators‚ it became clear that the original minimalist rule systems needed to be amended. The main motivations for these rule changes were protection of the health of the
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mixed martial arts or MMA. * I myself love to watch this sport and love to watch it become one of the most popular sports worldwide. * For some reason watching guys basically beat up each other for money is exciting to me and apparently the whole world thinks so too. * Not only do guys fight MMA but so do women‚ which is why this sport is perfect for both genders. * Central Idea: Today we are going to talk about how mixed martial arts all started‚ the rules of MMA‚ and all of the different
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MMA: Good or bad? MMA Good or bad? Mixed Martial Arts has not been given the respect that it has worked so hard for and deserves. MMA is the fastest growing sport not only in the US but the UK‚ but in many other countries as well. It has been held back though by the people who criticize the sport and its athletes for being barbaric and unsafe. This is actually the opposite of this sport. Mixed Martial Arts is a sport where fighters who are trained in many different kinds of martial arts
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brutes fighting for money. The fact is there is some skill involved in it. This is known as Mixed Martial Arts or MMA for short. According to Andre Herbert‚ “MMA is using the most effective techniques of various martial arts so that they complement each other perfectly.” Some of these styles use striking (kicking and punching) and grappling (grabbing‚ lifting) techniques. The styles used in MMA are pretty diverse. There is Muay Thai‚ which is a form of martial arts that originated in Thailand‚ which uses
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Andrew Del Genio March 4‚ 2013 Should there be a ban on MMA? MMA is banned in 4 different U.S states‚ and many others want it banned nationally. This is to show those people who think it should be banned that they are wrong and that this sport can bring good business to America. Many people believe this sport is very is brutal‚ they use words describing it such as “barbaric” and “Human Cock Fighting” when this sport is nothing like that at all. Fighters don’t even take excessive blows
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