Reading Response

    Push by Sapphire is a very interesting book about a girl who is raped by her father almost everyday since she was about nine. She is very determined to learn new things in school but she gets kicked out of school because she was pregnant for the second time. Precious,the main character, can also be very rude to people she doesn't like but I think it's mostly because her mom is a bad influence her and curses, and hits precious a lot. I also think that Precious has low self esteem so that might be why she acts kind of mean because if your mean to someone and their scared of you they won't tease you. The reason I think Precious has low self esteem is because through out the book she calls herself fat a lot.
    Precious' mom is really ride to her and to other people. I think she just doesn't care about Precious or pays attention to Precious. In the book Precious' mom didn't realize Previous was pregnant until Precious was giving birth.  Also, Precious' mom called Precious a "slut" and a "whore" and hit Precious when she found out that Precious was pregnant. I don't think this is fair because if anything her mom should be supporting her and asking her exactly how it happened and what happened
because she doesn't know that Precious' dad has been raping her. This might be a reason that Precious  doesn't really get a long with a lot of people.
     I really like the fact that Precious was really determined to learn because after everything she has to go through it's really hard to want to do anything. Also, I think that if anyone else went through what Precious went through they wouldn't want to live anymore most people would just give up. Precious also says that it's really hard for her to learn but she still tries so I think the fact that she does try is great. What I think that Precious needs is a psychologist or someone she can talk to and tell them about what's going on in her life and just tell them what she feels and just let it all out and maybe get a tutor to help her with school and maybe go live with someone more supportive.