Critical Thinking

      How different are people allowed to be in this text? Does it assume everyone is happy and good in the same ways?

        In the book Push by Sapphire the main character Claireece Precious Jones is a teenager learning the basics of life. having a daughter at age 12 while getting beat is the high light of her life. Most of her life she has been neglected by her parents. With a rapist of a father Precious only sees her father when he comes to "visit". Precious lives in an apartment with her mother who harasses her constantly about supposedly "stealing" her husband other wise known as also the father of Precious children. Living surrounded by hatred and sadness from her mother is what she lives through everyday. Luckily Precious wants to get her life on track so she goes to school and meets people who have many similarities to her.

       At her school their are only 8 students in her class. This school is for girls who dropped out of school and/ or want to get their GED. In this class their are many mixes of cultural back grounds. From Latinos to African Americans to Trinidad to others more, but the bond they have with each other is unique. Many share same situations of living and other things. Precious shares her bond with each of them individually. For example one of the Spanish girls Rita has been going through the same situation as Precious, getting pregnant and having 2 kids, too and on top of that she also has HIV and shares this bond with Precious no one else has. Giving each other advice and helping each other get through situations is how they understand each other. Another example are her friends Rhonda and Jermaine they have different backgrounds but they are who Precious runs to when she needs someone to give them words of encouragement and altogether they all bond with each other.People maybe different but many of us share similar backgrounds but we just need to get to know each other.

       In this world their are many people who get judged but Precious looks beyond their looks and has a deeper understanding of who and what their like. Many people out their share similar things and we need to be more humble. This may make you open your eyes about how many, many things have changed and that it may be good. This does assume that everyone is happy and good in the same way.