![]() ![]() She is expelled from her school owing to her pregnancy, but the head teacher manages to inform her of a special school catering for young misfits like Precious. But there is no malice in her actions, and in general she passively submits to humiliation. She can have moments of anger when, like an angry bear, she thwacks a peer who is causing a disturbance in her maths class, or who makes a snide reference to her fatness. In these fantasies she is a famous star smiling to cheering crowds, or adults are kind and supportive towards her. This creative gift carries a medical term, but in essence it allows her to transcend her suffering and protects her from disintegration. ![]() She also has a knack for creating positive healing fantasies, even at – or particularly at – times when she is being subjected to unbelievable cruelty. She is good at maths, and her maths teacher, a decent white man she is infatuated with, has noticed this and tries to encourage her. How bad can it get?ĭespite all these disadvantages, Precious has some things going for her. Her peers bully her, and her mother (acted by Mo'Nique) regularly but randomly hurls objects or insults at her. He has now pushed off, having repeatedly abused his daughter for several years. Both children were conceived out of incest with her father. Her first child (whom she calls ‘Mongol’) has Down's syndrome. She is obese, illiterate, dirt poor and living in a seedy flat in Harlem with a mother from hell. Precious, a black American teenager, appears to have everything going against her. ![]()
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