Even though Precious guards herself by shutting down whenever her mother is around, we can always see what's crackling beneath the girl's surface. In Precious' case, the opposite sex, are more likely to stay away from her body and can't violate her further if she is overweight. Precious, like others who have been abused, sometimes overeat (or undereat) for protection. Preventing Precious from modulating her own hunger is another way of abusing Precious' body and violating her personal boundaries. AND read the book. What did precious suffer from in real life? Instead, it puts someone at a higher likelihood of having eating issues (there are many biological and social factors that play a part as well). In this instance, Danielss film is visually striking but gratuitous; he is already jimmying open several Pandoras boxes. She admits, ashamed, at various points, that she overeats. So, everybody in the theater cheers with unadulterated glee to see Precious kick Marys @s$. Those who are abused learn to keep quiet, often out of sheer survival. . And both their stories and silences speak through me. It's not shock value--it was in the book. Precious' mother, who did not protect her from her father's abuse, perpetuated the abuse in many ways. It also gives us a raw look at the connection between abuse and eating problems. It means what you think it meansin the book the mom was much more evil than in the movie..she blamed precious for her father leaving and makes her take his place xesuallyWayyyy 2 real 4 the movie, so it was only implied. Celebrity Alley - Celebrity News and Gossip. The movie starts when she was . Of course, Preciouss character in the movie is distinguished by her refusal to accept the narrative of self-destruction that has been mapped out for her, but White was perhaps blinded to that refusal by the potent emotionalism at the heart of one of Preciouss main subjectsthe incest theme. The most justifiable criticism of the film is the one that comes closest to revealing its hidden psychological heart. Rarely does a movie devastate and uplift you at the exact same moment.