Final Post

I will be honest this blogging thing is not really my style. I thought it would be interesting since I journal almost everyday. However its really complex and stressful. Obviously, I over committed myself this semester and I don't feel I gave my blog the attention it needed. There are so many blogging communities on my topic, it frustrated me to no end. I didn't want to repeat the topics I came across in different communities. I tried to approach from a different angle most of the time.

Overall the class was really interesting and the instructor's out of the box thinking intrigued me most. I would love to take another blogging class but I will make sure I dedicate enough time to the class. Writing is one of my passions and I learned through this class that I need to exercise self discipline if I plan to become a writer.

I did a lot of research on my project that I really didn't blog about that could have been helpful to some of my readers. It was extremely helpful to me that I'm starting a home based business next summer and donate proceeds to children who have been abused.

I do recommend others take this class it can bring about a sense of self discovery in yourself. I really want to make a difference when it comes to child abuse. I had no ideal I would feel such raw emotions within myself when it comes to this topic. I was abused as a child, I have friends who were abused, I know people who abuse their children, and it does more than sadden me, it infuriates me. A child is a gift from God and one day all those abusers will answer to their God, and I honestly pray He sends them all to hell.

Not So Precious....

Recently I saw the movie Precious. The movie is based on a novel called Push. In this movie "Precious" the main character is verbally and physically abused. Precious mother played by Monique the comedian allowed her boyfriend/husband to have a sexual relationship with her daughter. At the end of the movie Monique explains how the abuse of Precious started when she was a baby.

Monique and her boyfriend would have sex in the same room as Precious. Monique noticed one day that her boyfriend/husband was touching her daughter inappropriately while they were having sex. Monique did nothing to stop this infraction because she desperately wanted his love and attention.Precious became pregnant twice by her mother's husband. The first child was born with Down Syndrome. Precious second child was born healthy. Precious was determined to overcome the demons in her life. Precious bold move came when her mother tried to kill her second child after she came home from the hospital.

This movie I feel did not really showcase the abuse Precious received. I felt it could have been written better. As a spectator, I didn't walk away with anything. Obviously I realized the abuse Precious received but it was all done nonchalantly. Therefore as an audience member I'm sure others walked away from the film with no real meaning or understanding. Overall the movie wasn’t effective, rather boring and a whole lot of randomization. I felt like I was putting a puzzle together, some pieces just didn’t fit.

In one scene Monique was masturbating and couldn't climax and she called Precious in the room to assist her. They don't actually show Precious assisting her mother but it's implied. I’m sure this scene would have been too graphic to film, however, it was needed.

I didn't like the movie. I felt the directors could have gone further and deeper into the situation. It wasn't an eye opener for me. It's evident they wanted to go with the raw emotions of the characters, since most of the actresses were not allowed to wear makeup. Unfortunately the movie didn't deliver.