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How ''Precious'' saw the world...

posted 7 years ago by kellycallie (728)
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So we're seeing the movie basically through Precious's eyes and possibly even her perspective. Is it possible to say that Precious had a victim complex and things are not exactly as they appear? there is certainly a chance that she's been coloring her reality more negative than it truly is.

The relationship with her mother for example, Mary is portrayed as a monster through Precious's perspective but if you analyze things from a distance you will notice none of Mary's rage has anything to ''do'' with Precious. She was mostly a housebound woman who sat in front of the television in a state of misery. Her outbursts could have been at anyone, she went after Precious just because she was there.

Also Precious spent two extra years in junior high never bothering to tell anyone she couldn't read. She is prone to disassociation (her ''fantasies'') and seemed to be generally apathetic to making her situation any better (until the end).

[–] pioneergrrrl (2411) 6 years ago

People are pretty smart even if not academically. We also see the world through Ms Rain and Ms Weiss. They realize that precious is is a bad place w Mary.

Whether or not it directly had to do w precious herself, it was inappropriate to lash out at her. She is a minor and the fantasies are her way of attempting to cope w a dangerous situation.

Precious has no friends even though she is in school. It is difficult for her to associate w others--who could potentially have taught her how to read when she had been jr high age. Or helped her leave home.

[–] holly61 (970) 4 years ago

Precious viewed herself as practically worthless and assumed society saw her as an animal or ugly black grease needing to be wiped away (as she said). A person with this mentality is just in existence mode. The fantasies are the result of that, she's practically catatonic half the movie.