Push by Sapphire is about a young sixteen-year-old girl who writes a story through her everyday life experience. She has been physically, emotionally, and sexually abused. She lives in Harlem New York and her mother beats her. Her father sexually abuses Precious and only visits when he wants sex.
Precious has been abused since the age of three. Her father abused her in front of her mother and the mother does nothing. Pregnant at twelve, she has to take care of her fathers baby. She then gets pregnant at the age of sixteen again with her father being the babies dad. With this, Precious begins to struggle in school and gets herself suspended.
Precious’ mother did not believe in an education for her daughter. She believed Precious should stay home with the kids and take care of her mother. She believed that welfare was the way to go. Precious never wanted that to be the life she has to live so she goes to school to get an education and eventually learns to read. She recited the ABC’s to her children for practice for them, but she also by doing this, shows signs of being a better parent than her mother is. …show more content…
The majority, if not, all the girls are missing the basic reading, writing, and math skills that would usually be acquired at their age. Most of the girls have also been in situations just like Precious such as rape, prostitution, and drug abuse. When starting at her new school, she begins to change. She participates more and is more social. She uses a journal to face her fears and writes about her everyday life. Her teacher, Ms. Rain, is an inspiration. She shows them ways to fight those inner demons that have been living in those girls for