Questions for the movie Precious

1. The factors that contributed to Precious having low self-esteem are the way her mom treated her, she was insulted, raped by her father and her mom always told her she was nothing and that will be dumb.

2. The signs that Precious displayed that showed she had a low self-esteem are she insulted too much as well, she let her mother embarrass her and did not say anything. She steals food when she was hungry and she let everybody tell and do her things.

3. Precious used to avoid dealing with pain by using defense mechanisms such as Intellectualization, she used to examine her feelings as if she was someone else. Examples are when she sees herself signing autographs for the people and dancing for a B.E.T. video. Also denial because she couldn’t face the truth. Examples are when the counselor wanted to know things about her and in the household and she would not say anything, also when the principal asked her if she was pregnant and she didn’t say anything. Precious also used Projection when she assigned her feelings to a boy who she says was her boyfriend and her school teacher.

4. The neurotic needs that Precious over-use were Personal Admiration, when she thought of herself being well-known and dancing on videos. Also, the neurotic need for Affection & Approval, when Precious desires to be liked by others, example is when she is at the hospital and the nurse talks to her. She also wants to be liked and taken by her school male teacher.



5. The factors that helped Precious to increase her self-esteem was her ABC teacher who always talked to her, also the counselor who talked to her and then finally Precious over come her dark and sad moments. She said what was happening and that helped her self-esteem.

6. Precious at last showed that a higher self-esteem because then she would be with her children, she stopped insulting and she could talk to everyone.

7. From the movie I learn many things. First of all I learn that in order for others to help you with a problem that is occurring you need to talk and find help. I also learn that you should not keep pain inside yourself, you should let it go. Also, I learned that you should not pay attention when your mother or father is telling you horrible things.

8. To others I recommend to go and have the movie because there are exciting to see in that movie and it shows how to have a good self-esteem. But, I strongly recommend others to watch the movie Precious.