The character that I chose to focus on is Claireece “Precious” Jones. She is a 16 year old‚ african-american girl from Harlem‚ New York. She currently lives with her mother‚ Mary Lee Johnson‚ in a rundown apartment building. She is currently single and is pregnant with her second child. Both of her children are fathered by Precious’s biological father‚ Karl‚ who does not live in the apartment with Precious and her mother. Precious is still in middle school due to her illiteracy issues‚ however
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The movie “Precious”‚ is based on a novel “Push” by an American author Sapphire. It takes place in Harlem‚ New York the time period was 1987. We meet Claricee Precious Jones‚ but goes by Precious who is the main role in the film portrayed by Gabourey Sidibe. The film shows us that she is a sixteen year old girl who is illiterate‚ obese‚ and does not have any friends. She a feminization of poverty. Who has been raped by her father which resulted a incest pregnancy with two kids one of them “Mongo”
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Prayer Before Meals Bless us OLord‚ and these Your gifts which from Your goodness we are about to receive Through Christ Our Lord. Amen. Prayer After Meals We give You thanks Almighty God for all Your benefits‚ goodness and graces‚ which we have received through Christ Our Lord. Amen. Our Father Our Father‚ Who art in heaven‚ Hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom come‚ Thy will be done on earth As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As
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mentally abuses you. Well‚ I just described to you the horrific life of Claireece “Precious” Jones in the 2009 inspiring film of Precious; a young and neglected high school student who can’t read or write‚ struggles to get through life one day at a time. This movie is truly inspiring as well as motivational and goes to show that there is always hope. My purpose today is to inform you of these qualities through Precious and that it’s never too late to start over. When
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her dysfunctional mother. Her family is on welfare‚ and lives in a drug-infested neighborhood. Precious is physical abuse by her mother‚ and sexual abuse by both parents. Despite her low self confidence‚ we see some sort of hope that seems to come from inside her. She ends up getting interested in this special school and she’s curios in seeing how it may help her take the risk to try it out. Precious wants to make her life better‚ which is a big impact in her life. She makes it clear that she wants
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Policies) are in lieu. I would like to use the movie "Precious" by the director "Lee Daniels" as a reference as I talk about the topic of "Mandating Reporting and Privacy Policies" this movie is grounded in New York City’s‚ Harlem‚ in 1987. It’s about an overweight‚ mistreated‚ an uneducated teen who is pregnant with her second child by her stepfather who has also suffered horrific child abuse by her mother along with explicit sexual acts. Precious is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes
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“Precious” (2010) was a tremendously moving film‚ focused on the life of a sixteen-year-old‚ African American girl who lived in Harlem. She endured an overwhelming and diabolical amount of physical abuse from her mother‚ verbal abuse‚ and sexual abuse from her father (which resulted in two pregnancies and births). She struggles for normalcy; trying to provide the stability and safety for her children that she never got herself. She then is diagnosed with HIV‚ while she was trying to get her education
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This week in class‚ we watched the first thirty minutes of the documentary Precious Knowledge. We discussed how what we saw related to the values of character‚ citizenship‚ collaboration‚ communication‚ creativity‚ and critical thinking. Tucson High School sets high expectations for its students‚ which is a part of its character. Students feel more in control of their education when participating in the rule-making process. To promote citizenship‚ students should feel like they belong to the classroom
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Fighting and violence is one of the biggest problems in society today. MMA‚ to many people‚ is only promoting this as a value‚ instead of an issue. Another battle that this bloody sport is fighting is for its own legitimacy. There are plenty of other sports that have some fighting‚ but no one questions the legitimacy of sports such as ice-hockey‚ in which there is a fight at least once a game‚ or football (Frisht n. pag.). MMA is also a relatively new and has also taken a large step from where it
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call for sweet science which one would refer to as boxing. As the time changed so did the sport of boxing into what is now known as MMA or mixed martial arts. The question now is which is better MMA or boxing. Boxing is the superior of the two because not only is the better suited for the
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