Reading Reasponce #5- Push

     In the book Push by Sapphire, the main character Claireece P. Jones otherwise known as Precious has a very tough life. Precious and her mom used to have the regular mother daughter relationship but after Precious father got her pregnant at 12 their relation ship hasn`t been the same. Precious mother treats her like garbage by always yelling a her and telling her she is a slot, but it doesn`t get any better because Precious is pregnant with her second child. Her mother wants nothing to do with Precious or her children so now Precious is currently pregnant while her daughter lives with her grandma. So, Precious still gets reaped by her father. How does Precious deal with all the issues with her life?
    
       Precious doesn`t stop thinking about what if she was brought up by another family. One example is when Precious is remembering being raped by her father, she thinks " Can`t he see I am a girl for flowers and thin straw legs and a place in the picture. I been out of the picture so long I`m used to it." I think what Precious is trying to say is that she wishes that she was brought up by loving and caring parents, not ones who rape up every now and then. She might want to be like the "white" people from the magazines, moves and pictures, who have better lives.Precious as she said, is used to her life. She knows she can`t change her life so she isn`t really brought down when ever her dad rapes her or when she goes to school pregnant twice, but she sees the brighter sides of things in life to not bring her down.

       Another example is when Precious mom is beginning to hate her. When Precious came back from the hospital and her mom started beating her with a pan and kicking her. While her mother was doing this she said " Thank you Miz Claireece Precious Jones for f***ing my husband you nasty little slut!" Precious may feel bad right now because it`s her first baby and she`s only 12. She didn`t want to get pregnant, she didn`t want to steel her moms husband but he did that to her. I think the only reason that Precious mother is always blaming her is because she`s scared that she was going to loose her husband so she takes it out on Precious instead of her husband. I feel bad for Precious but she`s used to it and deals with it in the future.

       Overall Precious does deal with issues in her life like being hurt emotional and mentally and wishing for a different life. When she wishes for a better life it`s push away thoughts about her real life and imagining another/ better life.Also when she is getting beating or brought down with words by her mother, she seems to see the brighter side of things. She also doesn`t hold on to words that others say against her. I think that, that's what makes her secretly strong in her own way.