Movie-Precious

Minerva Marin                                                Movie Precious

1.       The factors that contributed to Precious having low self esteem were that she was abused by her mother’s husband also that she was fat and un top of that her mother was always  telling her that she was good for nothing.

2.       The signs of low self- esteem that Precious display are that she was afraid of her mother and also that she feels depressed and eats a lot because there is not one day that her mother does not tell her that she is good for nothing.

3.       The defense mechanisms that I think Precious used to avoid dealing with pain were displacement and rationalization. For example she uses displacement when others talk to her at times she answers them in a rude way like for example when the little girl told her that she wanted to hug her baby when it was born she just pushed her and the little girl fell to the ground. Also rationalization she used when the teacher and the other woman asked her something she used to tell lies at first.

4.       The neurotic needs Precious displayed were the neurotic need to restrict one’s life within narrow borders and an example of this would be when the teacher  asked her to give her abilities and she rudely responded that she has no talents. And also she displayed the neurotic need for self sufficiency and independence because she never wanted to ask for help and when the teacher and the other lady (counselor) wanted to help her she didn’t wanted the help at first.

5.       When she entered to the institution where there were only girls she began to feel loved by her classmates and therefore her self esteem began to increase from the time she enter there

6.       Some of the signs of higher self esteem she displayed were that she was now able to know her strengths and weaknesses; she was now starting to be herself.

7.        I learned a lot of things from the movie Precious; it makes us aware that there are a lot of people out there in the world that live the same situation just as Precious and also it thought to me that I shouldn’t let others tell me that I am good for nothing because then that will bring my self esteem down and then I will be so angry with myself and also I would think that life wasn’t made for me.

8.       I would strongly recommend the movie to others because it is a very good and interesting movie and also it will help others and put them to think about what type of self esteem they have.